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


In Context

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?

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

18 But some man will say: Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without works; and I will shew thee, by works, my faith.

19 Thou believest that there is one God. Thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble.

James 2:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:17In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone.