James 2:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?”

James 2:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

James 2:14 in 6 Bible Translations

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James 2:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?”

James 2:14 — World English Bible

James 2:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?”

James 2:14 — American Standard Version

James 2:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?”

James 2:14 — Young's Literal Translation

James 2:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“What [is] the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?”

James 2:14 — Darby Translation

James 2:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?”

James 2:14 — Geneva Bible

James 2:14 in Context — James 2

12 Falai assim e procedei assim: como os que serão julgados pela lei da liberdade;

13 porque o julgamento [será] sem misericórdia sobre quem não agiu com misericórdia; mas a misericórdia triunfa sobre o julgamento.

14 Meus irmãos, qual é o proveito se alguém disser que tem fé, mas não tiver obras? Acaso a fé pode salvá-lo?

15 E se um irmão ou irmã estiverem nus, e necessitarem do alimento diário,

16 e algum de vós lhes disser: “Ide em paz, aquecei-vos e saciai-vos”; e não lhes derdes as coisas necessárias ao corpo, qual é o proveito [disso] ?

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