LETTER FROM YA'AKOV TO THE KEHILLAH 2

14 What is the revach (gain, profit), my Achim b’Moshiach, if anyone claims to have emunah but does not have ma’asim (deeds)? Surely not such "emunah" is able to bring him to Yeshu’at Eloheinu? 15 If an Ach b’Moshiach or an Achot b’Moshiach is dressed in shmattes (tatters) and lacking "lechem chukeinu"*2:15 Mt 6:11 (our daily bread), 16 and anyone of you says to them, "Go in shalom! Be warmed and fed!" but you do not give to them the physical necessities, what is the revach (profit)? 17 So also Emunah, if alongside it there is not in its company Ma’asim, is by itself niftar (deceased, dead).