Faith and Works
James 2:26
In 9 translations
- BSB
- As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
- KJV
- For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
- WEB
- For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
- ASV
- For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
- LSV
- For as the body apart from [the] spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from works is dead.
- YLT
- for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.
- DBY
- For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
- DRC
- For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.
- GNV
- For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include γὰρ (“for”); Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τῶν (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: γὰρ. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read γὰρ; Westcott and Hort (1881) omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: χωρὶς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read χωρὶς; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add τῶν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν, οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις χωρὶς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστιν.
- RP2018
- Ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν, οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων νεκρά ἐστιν.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν, οὕτω καὶ ἡ πίστις χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων νεκρά ἐστι.
- SCR1894
- ωσπερ γαρ το σωμα χωρις πνευματος νεκρον εστιν ουτως και η πιστις χωρις των εργων νεκρα εστιν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- James 2:20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
- James 2:17So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
- James 2:14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
- Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
- Acts 7:59–60While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Job 34:14–15If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
- Luke 23:46Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
- Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
- Psalms 146:4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).