James 2:14 “What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has…”

James 2:14

What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

World English Bible

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can 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?

Geneva Bible 1599

What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?

Darby Translation

What [is] the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?

Young's 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?

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?

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Cross references

“What”

Hebrews 13:9 James 2:16 1 Timothy 4:8 1 Corinthians 13:3 Jeremiah 7:8 Romans 2:25

Hebrews 13:9 · BSB

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

James 2:16 · BSB

If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

1 Timothy 4:8 · BSB

For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

1 Corinthians 13:3 · BSB

If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Jeremiah 7:8 · BSB

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Romans 2:25 · BSB

Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

“though”

Matthew 7:21–23 James 1:22–25 Luke 6:49 Titus 1:16 2 Peter 1:5 James 2:26

Matthew 7:21–23 · BSB

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

James 1:22–25 · BSB

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

Luke 6:49 · BSB

But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”

Titus 1:16 · BSB

They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

2 Peter 1:5 · BSB

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

James 2:26 · BSB

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

“can”

Ephesians 2:8–10 1 Corinthians 15:2

Ephesians 2:8–10 · BSB

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

1 Corinthians 15:2 · BSB

By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

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