18Yes, a man will say, |You have faith, and I have works.| Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.


In Context

15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

16 and 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?

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

18 Yes, a man will say, |You have faith, and I have works.| Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

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

James 2:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:18But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:18But 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Yea, 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18But 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will shew thee my faith.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18Also a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18Yes, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.