14What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?


In Context

11 For he that said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou do not commit adultery, but shalt kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

12 So speak ye, and so do, as being to be judged by the law of liberty.

13 For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy. And mercy exalteth itself above judgment.

14 What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?

15 And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food:

16 And 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?

James 2:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:14What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14What is the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man sayeth he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14What is the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14What does it profit, my brothers, though a man say he has faith, and have not works? can faith save him?