James 2:15 “Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.”

James 2:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

World English Bible

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

American Standard Version

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

Geneva Bible 1599

For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,

Darby Translation

Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

Young's Literal Translation

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

Bible in Basic English

If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

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Cross references

“If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,”

Luke 3:11 Matthew 25:35–40 Isaiah 58:7 Job 31:16–21 Isaiah 58:10 James 2:5

Luke 3:11 · BSB

John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

Matthew 25:35–40 · BSB

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

Isaiah 58:7 · BSB

Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Job 31:16–21 · BSB

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

Isaiah 58:10 · BSB

and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

James 2:5 · BSB

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

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

In context

14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

16If 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?

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