16and 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?


In Context

13 for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

14 What is the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?

15 Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

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?

17 So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.

18 But some one will say, Thou hast faith and I have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and I from my works will shew thee my faith.

James 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And 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?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what shall it profit?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:16and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16And one of you sayeth to them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16and one of you tells them, |Go in peace, be warmed and filled;| and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16and any one of you may say to them, 'Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what is the profit?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16And one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled; notwithstanding you give them not those things which are needful to the body; what does it profit?