James 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Euen so faith, if it hath not works, is dead being †alone.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Greek wordingGr. by it selfe.
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5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
5And besides this, giuing all diligence, adde to your faith, vertue; and to vertue knowledge;
6And to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godlinesse;
7And to godlinesse, brotherly kindnesse; and to brotherly kindnesse, charitie.
8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that yee shall neither be barren, nor vnfruitfull in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ.
9But hee that lacketh these things, is blind, and cannot see farre off, and hath forgotten that hee was purged from his old sinnes.
- James 2:19–20Rank 3 from verse 17
19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
19Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble.
20But wilt thou knowe, O vaine man, that faith without workes is dead?
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- James 2:14Rank 5 from verse 17
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3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
3Remembring without ceasing your worke of faith, and labour of loue, and patience of hope in our Lord Iesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father:
- 1 Corinthians 13:3Rank 8 from verse 17
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James 2:17
1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.
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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.
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1. Without others, company, or help; by oneself. 2. Only or solely. 3. In "let ... alone," to leave undisturbed or refrain from interfering with.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say hee hath faith, and haue not workes? can faith saue him?
2:15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
2:15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode,
2:16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
2:16And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed & filled: notwithstanding ye giue them not those things which are needfull to the body: what doth it profit?
2:17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
2:17Euen so faith, if it hath not works, is dead being †alone.
Selected passage2:18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
2:18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I haue workes: shew mee thy faith †without thy workes, and I will shew thee my faith by my workes.
2:19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
2:19Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble.
2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
2:20But wilt thou knowe, O vaine man, that faith without workes is dead?
2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
2:21Was not Abraham our father iustified by works, when hee had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?
2:22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
2:22‖Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
2:23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
2:23And the Scripture was fullfiled which saith, *Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnes: and he was called the friend of God.
2:24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
2:24Ye see then, how that by workes a man is iustified, and not by faith only.
2:25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
2:25Likewise also, was not Rahab the harlot iustified by works, when she had receiued the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
2:26For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
2:26For as the body without the ‖spirit is dead, so faith without workes is dead also.