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


In Context

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?

21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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?