James 2:14
Modern Translations
New International Version
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?

New Living Translation
What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?

English Standard Version
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

Berean Study Bible
What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

New American Standard Bible
What use is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

NASB 1995
What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

NASB 1977
What use is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith, but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

Amplified Bible
What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]

Christian Standard Bible
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can such faith save him?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can his faith save him?

Contemporary English Version
My friends, what good is it to say you have faith, when you don't do anything to show you really do have faith? Can this kind of faith save you?

Good News Translation
My friends, what good is it for one of you to say that you have faith if your actions do not prove it? Can that faith save you?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My brothers and sisters, what good does it do if someone claims to have faith but doesn't do any good things? Can this kind of faith save him?

International Standard Version
What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?

NET Bible
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

New King James Version
What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

King James 2000 Bible
What does it profit, my brethren, though a man says he has faith, and has not works? can faith save him?

New Heart English Bible
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

World English Bible
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

American King James Version
What does it profit, my brothers, though a man say he has faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

American Standard Version
What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

A Faithful Version
My brethren, what good does it do, if anyone says that he has faith, and does not have works? Is faith able to save him?

Darby Bible Translation
What [is] the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?

English Revised Version
What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

Webster's Bible Translation
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man sayeth he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
What profiteth it my brethren, though a man say he hath fayth, and hath not deedes? Can fayth saue hym?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
What a vayleth it my brethre, though a man saye he hath faith, when he hath no dedes? Can faith saue him?

Tyndale Bible of 1526
What a vayleth it my brethren though a man saye he hath sayth when he hath no dedes? Can fayth save him?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
What [is] the profit, my brothers, if anyone may speak of having faith, but he may not have works? Is that faith able to save him?

Berean Literal Bible
What is the profit, my brothers, if anyone says to have faith, but has no works? Is the faith able to save him?

Young's Literal Translation
What is the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?

Smith's Literal Translation
And what profit, my brethren, if any say he has faith, and should not have works? can faith save him?

Literal Emphasis Translation
What is the gain, my brothers, if anyone says to have faith, however has not works? Is that faith able to save him?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?

Catholic Public Domain Version
My brothers, what benefit is there if someone claims to have faith, but he does not have works? How would faith be able to save him?

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
What good is it my brethren, if a man says, 'I have faith', and he does not have deeds? Can his faith save him?

Lamsa Bible
Though a man say he has faith, what profit is it, my brethren, if he does not have works? Can faith save him?

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
What profit is there, my brethren, if any one say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?

Godbey New Testament
But what is it profitable, my brethren, if one may say he has faith, but has not works? whether is faith able to save him?

Haweis New Testament
What is the advantage, my brethren, if a man profess to have faith, but hath not works; can faith save him?

Mace New Testament
What advantage is it, my brethren, for a man to say he has faith, if he has no beneficence? can such a faith save him?

Weymouth New Testament
What good is it, my brethren, if a man professes to have faith, and yet his actions do not correspond? Can such faith save him?

Worrell New Testament
What profit is it, my brethren, if anyone says he has faith, but has not works; can such faith save him?

Worsley New Testament
What is the advantage, my brethren, if any one say that he has faith, and he hath not works, can faith alone save him?
















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