Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can his faith
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
International Standard Version
What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?
A Conservative Version
What is the benefit, my brothers, if some man should say to have faith, but has no works? Can the faith save him?
American Standard Version
What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?
Amplified
What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]
An Understandable Version
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?
Anderson New Testament
What profit is there, my brethren, if any one say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?
Bible in Basic English
What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
Common New Testament
What good is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can such faith save him?
Daniel Mace New Testament
What advantage is it, my brethren, for a man to say he has faith, if he has no beneficence? can such a faith save him?
Darby Translation
What is the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?
Godbey New Testament
But what is it profitable, my brethren, if one may say he has faith, but has not works? whether is faith able to save him?
Goodspeed New Testament
My brothers, what is the good of a man's saying he has faith, if he has no good deeds to show? Can faith save him?
John Wesley New Testament
What doth it profit, my brethren, tho' a man say he hath faith, and have not works?
Julia Smith Translation
And what profit, my brethren, if any say he has faith, and should not have works? can faith save him?
King James 2000
What does it profit, my brethren, though a man says he has faith, and has not works? can faith save him?
Lexham Expanded Bible
What [is] the benefit, my brothers, if someone says [that he] has faith but does not have works? That faith [is] not able to save him, [is it]?
Modern King James verseion
My brothers, what profit is it if a man says he has faith and does not have works? Can faith save him?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What availeth it, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, when he hath no deeds? Can faith save him?
Moffatt New Testament
My brothers, what is the use of anyone declaring he has faith, if he has no deeds to show? Can his faith save him?
Montgomery New Testament
My brothers, what good is it if any one says that he has faith, if he has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
NET Bible
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?
New Heart English Bible
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
Noyes New Testament
What doth it profit, my brethren, if any one say that he hath faith, and have not works? Can his faith save him?
Sawyer New Testament
What is the profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has not works? Can faith save him?
The Emphasized Bible
What profit, my brethren, - if one should be saying he hath, faith, but hath not, works; can his faith save him?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
What is the advantage, my brethren, if a man profess to have faith, but hath not works; can faith save him?
Twentieth Century New Testament
My Brothers, what is the good of a man's saying that he has faith, if he does not prove it by actions? Can such faith save him?
Webster
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man sayeth he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him?
Weymouth New Testament
What good is it, my brethren, if a man professes to have faith, and yet his actions do not correspond? Can such faith save him?
Williams New Testament
My brothers, what good is there in a man's saying that he has faith, if he has no good deeds to prove it? Such faith cannot save him, can it?
World English Bible
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
Worrell New Testament
What profit is it, my brethren, if anyone says he has faith, but has not works; can such faith save him?
Worsley New Testament
What is the advantage, my brethren, if any one say that he has faith, and he hath not works, can faith alone save him?
Youngs Literal Translation
What is the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?
Themes
Liberality » Want of » A proof of not having faith
Vanity » Faith without works is
Works » Good » In the judgment, will be an evidence of faith
Topics
Interlinear
Tis
Pistis
πίστις
Pistis
faith, assurance, believe Trans, belief, them that believe, fidelity
Usage: 221
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 2:14
Prayers for James 2:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith And Works
13
For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy.
Names
Cross References
James 1:22-25
But
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith
Jeremiah 7:8
But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.
Matthew 5:20
Matthew 7:21-23
Matthew 7:26-27
Luke 6:49
Acts 8:13
Then even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he went around constantly with
Acts 8:21
You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.
Acts 15:9
He made no distinction between us and them,
Romans 2:25
For circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
1 Corinthians 13:2-3
and understand all mysteries
and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith
so that I can move mountains
but do not have love, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 15:2
You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone does not love the Lord, a curse be on him. Marana tha that is, Lord, come!
Galatians 5:13
For you were called
Ephesians 2:8-10
For you are saved by grace
1 Thessalonians 1:3
We recall, in the presence of our God and Father,
1 Timothy 1:5
Now the goal of our instruction is love
1 Timothy 4:8
for
but godliness is beneficial in every way,
since it holds promise for the present life
and also for the life to come.
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God,
Titus 3:8
This saying is trustworthy.
Hebrews 11:7-8
By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac.
Hebrews 13:9
Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited.
James 2:16
and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it?
James 2:18
But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.”
James 2:26
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
2 Peter 1:5
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,
1 John 5:4-5
because whatever has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.