Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Holman Bible
If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food
International Standard Version
Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food
A Conservative Version
And if a brother or sister may be unclothed, and may be destitute of daily food,
American Standard Version
If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,
Amplified
If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day,
An Understandable Version
If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and needs daily food,
Anderson New Testament
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Common New Testament
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,
Daniel Mace New Testament
suppose one of your brethren should be destitute of cloths, and of his daily nourishment,
Darby Translation
Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
Godbey New Testament
If a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of daily food,
Goodspeed New Testament
If some brother or sister has no clothes and has not food enough for a day,
John Wesley New Testament
Can that faith save him? If a brother or a sister be naked,
Julia Smith Translation
And if a brother or sister be naked, and be failing of daily food,
King James 2000
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Lexham Expanded Bible
If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day,
Modern King James verseion
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of daily food,
Moffatt New Testament
Suppose some brother or sister is ill-clad and short of daily food;
Montgomery New Testament
If a brother or sister be naked and in need of daily food,
NET Bible
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,
New Heart English Bible
And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
Noyes New Testament
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Sawyer New Testament
And if a brother or sister is naked, or destitute of daily food,
The Emphasized Bible
If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Twentieth Century New Testament
Suppose some Brother or Sister should be in want of clothes and of daily bread,
Webster
If a brother or sister is naked, and destitute of daily food,
Weymouth New Testament
Suppose a Christian brother or sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food,
Williams New Testament
If some brother or sister is thinly clad and has no food for the day,
World English Bible
And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
Worrell New Testament
If a brother or a sister be naked, and in want of daily food,
Worsley New Testament
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food;
Youngs Literal Translation
and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,
Themes
Inconsistency » General marks of » Selfishness
Liberality » Want of » A proof of not having faith
The poor » Neglect towards, is » A proof of unbelief
Religion » Inconsistency in religious life general marks of » Selfishness
Works » Good » In the judgment, will be an evidence of faith
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 2:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Faith And Works
14 What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation? 15 If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food, 16 And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Luke 3:11
And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.
Job 31:16-21
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?
Isaiah 58:10
And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:
Ezekiel 18:7
And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;
Matthew 25:35-40
For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;
Mark 14:7
The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.
Acts 9:29
Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,
James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?