James 2:14-17

Expanded Bible

Faith and Good Works

¹⁴ My brothers and sisters [^Cfellow believers], if people ·say [claim] they have faith, but do nothing, ·their faith is worth nothing [what good/profit/gain is it?]. Can faith like that save them? ¹⁵ [^LSuppose; If] A brother or sister in Christ ·might need clothes or food [^Lis naked and lacks daily food]. ¹⁶ If you say to that person, “·God be with you [or I wish you well; ^LGo in peace]! ·I hope you stay warm and get plenty to eat, [^TBe warmed and filled]” but you do not ·give what that person needs [provide for the needs of their body], ·your words are worth nothing [^Lwhat good/profit/gain is that?]. ¹⁷ In the same way, faith by itself—·that does nothing [^Lif it does not have works]—is dead.