James 2:16
and one from amongst you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled; but give not to them the needful things for the body, what [is] the profit?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
17So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.
Cross References
Job 22:7Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Matthew 14:15But when even was come, his disciples came to him saying, The place is desert, and [much of] the [day] time already gone by; dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.
Matthew 25:42for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;
2 Corinthians 8:8I do not speak as commanding [it], but through the zeal of others, and proving the genuineness of your love.
Matthew Henry on James 2:15-26
Faith and Works. ( a. d. 61.) 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith… Read the whole commentary →