¹⁰ All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor,^(A) the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

¹⁸ Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds,^(A) and to be generous and willing to share.^(B)

Faith and Deeds

¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?^(A) Can such faith save them? ¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.^{(B) 16} If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?^{(C) 17} In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.^(D)