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James 2:14

Context
NETBible

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, 1  if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith 2  save him? 3 

NIV ©

biblegateway Jam 2:14

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

NASB ©

biblegateway Jam 2:14

What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

NLT ©

biblegateway Jam 2:14

Dear brothers and sisters, what’s the use of saying you have faith if you don’t prove it by your actions? That kind of faith can’t save anyone.

MSG ©

biblegateway Jam 2:14

Dear friends, do you think you'll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it?

BBE ©

SABDAweb Jam 2:14

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

NRSV ©

bibleoremus Jam 2:14

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you?

NKJV ©

biblegateway Jam 2:14

What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

[+] More English

KJV
What
<5101>
[doth it] profit
<3786>_,
my
<3450>
brethren
<80>_,
though
<1437>
a man
<5100>
say
<3004> (5725)
he hath
<2192> (5721)
faith
<4102>_,
and
<1161>
have
<2192> (5725)
not
<3361>
works
<2041>_?
can
<1410> (5736) <3361>
faith
<4102>
save
<4982> (5658)
him
<846>_?
NASB ©

biblegateway Jam 2:14

What
<5101>
use
<3786>
is it, my brethren
<80>
, if
<1437>
someone
<5100>
says
<3004>
he has
<2192>
faith
<4102>
but he has
<2192>
no
<3361>
works
<2041>
? Can
<1410>
that faith
<4102>
save
<4982>
him?
NET [draft] ITL
What
<5101>
good
<3786>
is it, my
<3450>
brothers and sisters
<80>
, if
<1437>
someone
<5100>
claims
<3004>
to have
<2192>
faith
<4102>
but
<1161>
does
<2192>
not
<3361>
have
<2192>
works
<2041>
? Can
<1410>
this kind of faith
<4102>
save
<4982>
him
<846>
?
GREEK
ti
<5101>
I-NSN
ofelov
<3786>
N-NSN
adelfoi
<80>
N-VPM
mou
<3450>
P-1GS
ean
<1437>
COND
pistin
<4102>
N-ASF
legh
<3004> (5725)
V-PAS-3S
tiv
<5100>
X-NSM
ecein
<2192> (5721)
V-PAN
erga
<2041>
N-APN
de
<1161>
CONJ
mh
<3361>
PRT-N
ech
<2192> (5725)
V-PAS-3S
mh
<3361>
PRT-N
dunatai
<1410> (5736)
V-PNI-3S
h
<3588>
T-NSF
pistiv
<4102>
N-NSF
swsai
<4982> (5658)
V-AAN
auton
<846>
P-ASM

NETBible

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, 1  if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith 2  save him? 3 

NET Notes

tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

tn Grk “the faith,” referring to the kind of faith just described: faith without works. The article here is anaphoric, referring to the previous mention of the noun πίστις (pisti") in the verse. See ExSyn 219.

sn The form of the question in Greek expects a negative answer.




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