20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?


In Context

17 Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

18 Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

19 Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

22 Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect;

James 2:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:20You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless ?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:20And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:20But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?