James 2:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?”
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“If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And 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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what <FI>is<Fi> the profit?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo James 2:16 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 22:7You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
- Proverbs 3:27Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
- Matthew 14:15When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
- Matthew 15:32Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”
- Matthew 25:42For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,
- Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
- 1 John 3:16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
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