Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without [good] deeds is dead.
New American Standard Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also
King James Version
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Holman Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
International Standard Version
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without actions is also dead.
A Conservative Version
For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without the works is dead.
American Standard Version
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
Amplified
For just as the [human] body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works [of obedience] is also dead.
Anderson New Testament
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Bible in Basic English
For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.
Common New Testament
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Daniel Mace New Testament
as the body then without the soul is a meer carcase, so faith without its effects is lifeless.
Darby Translation
For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Godbey New Testament
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith also apart from works is dead.
Goodspeed New Testament
Just as the body without the spirit is dead, faith is dead without good deeds.
John Wesley New Testament
Therefore as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Julia Smith Translation
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
King James 2000
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Modern King James verseion
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For as the body without the spirit is dead, even so faith without deeds is dead.
Moffatt New Testament
For as the body without the breath of life is dead, so faith is dead without deeds.
Montgomery New Testament
So just as the body without a spirit is dead, so faith is dead without deeds.
NET Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
New Heart English Bible
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
Noyes New Testament
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Sawyer New Testament
For as the body without a spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
The Emphasized Bible
Just as, the body, apart from spirit, is dead, so, our faith also, apart from works, is dead.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For as the body without breath is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Exactly as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.
Webster
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Weymouth New Testament
For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience.
Williams New Testament
Just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without good deeds is dead.
World English Bible
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
Worrell New Testament
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.
Worsley New Testament
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Youngs Literal Translation
for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.
Themes
The Dead » Illustrative of » Faith without works
The Dead » Characterized by » Being without the spirit
Faith » Without fruits, is dead
Topics
Interlinear
Choris
χωρίς
Choris
Usage: 38
Pneuma
Esti
ἐστί
Esti
Usage: 585
Pistis
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 2:26
Images James 2:26
Prayers for James 2:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith And Works
25 And in the same way, was not the prostitute Rahab made right with God by [her] deeds when she welcomed [and protected] the messengers, and [then] sent them away by a different road? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without [good] deeds is dead.
Cross References
James 2:20
But will you acknowledge, you foolish person, that faith without [good] deeds is useless?
James 2:17
In the same way, if [your] faith does not have [good] deeds [to accompany it], it is dead, [because it stands] alone.
Luke 23:46
Jesus called out in a loud voice, "Father, I commit my spirit into your hands." And after He said this, He gave up His spirit [i.e., to God in death].
Acts 7:59-60
So, they stoned Stephen [to death] as he called out to the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit [as I die]."
James 2:14
What good is it, my brothers [and sisters], if a person says he has faith but does not have [good] deeds? Can such faith save him?