James 2:14-20
Faith and Works
14 (A)What use is it, (B)my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can (a)that faith save him?
15 (C)If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, “(D)Go in peace, (b)be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?
17 Even so (E)faith, if it has no works, is (c)dead, being by itself.
18 (F)But someone (d)may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your (G)faith without the works, and I will (H)show you my faith (I)by my works.”
19 You believe that (e)(J)God is one. (K)You do well; (L)the demons also believe, and shudder.
20 But are you willing to recognize, (M)you foolish fellow, that (N)faith without works is useless?
Footnotes:
a.
James 2:14: ['Lit ', the]
b.
James 2:16: ['Or ', warm yourselves and fill yourselves]
c.
James 2:17: ['Or ', dead by its own standards]
d.
James 2:18: ['Lit ', will]
e.
James 2:19: ['One early ms reads ', there is one God]
Cross references:
B.
James 2:14:
James 1:16
C.
James 2:15:
Luke 3:11
H.
James 2:18:
James 3:13
K.
James 2:19:
James 2:8