James 2:14

World English Bible

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

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James 2:14 in other translations

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

James 2:14 · American Standard Version

James 2:14 in context

  1. 12So speak and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
  2. 13For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
  3. 14What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
  4. 15And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
  5. 16and one of you tells them, “Go in peace. Be warmed and filled;” yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

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