James 2:14

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 ©

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

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

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 ©

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 ©

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 ©

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

NKJV ©

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

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 ©
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

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

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.

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