James 2

Faith and Works

14 What is the benefit, my brothers, if someone says that he has faith but does not have works? That faith is not able to save him, is it?**The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here15 If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day, 16 and one of you should say to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and eat well*Literally, "be satisfied"," but does not give them what is necessary for the body, what is the benefit? 17 Thus also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.