Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. New Living Translation Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works. English Standard Version For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead. Berean Standard Bible As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. Berean Literal Bible For just as the body apart from spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead. King James Bible For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. New King James Version For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. New American Standard Bible For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. NASB 1995 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. NASB 1977 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. Legacy Standard Bible For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. Amplified Bible For just as the [human] body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works [of obedience] is also dead. Christian Standard Bible For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. Holman Christian Standard Bible For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. American Standard Version For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. Contemporary English Version Anyone who doesn't breathe is dead, and faith that doesn't do anything is just as dead! Douay-Rheims Bible For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead. English Revised Version For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. GOD'S WORD® Translation A body that doesn't breathe is dead. In the same way faith that does nothing is dead. Good News Translation So then, as the body without the spirit is dead, also faith without actions is dead. International Standard Version For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without actions is also dead. Literal Standard Version For as the body apart from [the] spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from works is dead. Majority Standard Bible As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. New American Bible For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. NET Bible For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. New Revised Standard Version For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead. New Heart English Bible For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. Webster's Bible Translation For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Weymouth New Testament For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience. World English Bible For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. Young's Literal Translation for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead. Additional Translations ... Context Faith and Works…25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. Cross References Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love. James 2:17 So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead. James 2:20 O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless? Treasury of Scripture For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. as. Job 34:14,15 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; … Psalm 104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Psalm 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. spirit. James 2:14,17,20 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? … Jump to Previous Apart Body Dead Deeds Faith Human Lifeless Obedience Spirit Unaccompanied WorksJump to Next Apart Body Dead Deeds Faith Human Lifeless Obedience Spirit Unaccompanied WorksJames 2 1. Do not regard the rich and despise the poor brothers;13. rather we are to be loving and merciful; 14. and not to boast of faith without deeds; 17. because faith without deeds is useless; 19. as is the faith of the demons; 21. however, Abraham displayed both faith and actions; 25. as did Rahab. (26) As the body without the spirit . . .--A closing simile of much force, As the body without the spirit, so faith without works. But the term "without" is hardly strong enough to represent the Greek "apart from." Of our own human wisdom we had been rather inclined to say that works were likest to the body, and faith to the breath or animation thereof. "The Apostle's view," says Alford, "seems to be this, Faith is the body, the sum and substance of the Christian life; works (= obedience) the moving and quickening of that body, just as the spirit is the moving and quickening principle of the natural body. So that 'as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.' "Verse 26. - Conclusion of the whole matter: "As the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead."
Greek Asὥσπερ (hōsper) Adverb Strong's 5618: Just as, as, even as. From hos and per; just as, i.e. Exactly like. the τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. body σῶμα (sōma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively. without χωρὶς (chōris) Preposition Strong's 5565: Apart from, separately from; without. Adverb from chora; at a space, i.e. Separately or apart from. [the] spirit πνεύματος (pneumatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. dead, νεκρόν (nekron) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead. so οὕτως (houtōs) Adverb Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). faith πίστις (pistis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. without χωρὶς (chōris) Preposition Strong's 5565: Apart from, separately from; without. Adverb from chora; at a space, i.e. Separately or apart from. deeds ἔργων (ergōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. dead. νεκρά (nekra) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead. Links James 2:26 NIVJames 2:26 NLT James 2:26 ESV James 2:26 NASB James 2:26 KJV James 2:26 BibleApps.com James 2:26 Biblia Paralela James 2:26 Chinese Bible James 2:26 French Bible James 2:26 Catholic Bible NT Letters: James 2:26 For as the body apart (Ja Jas. Jam) |
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