James 2:14,17,20

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James 2:14 New International Version (NIV)

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?

James 2:17 New International Version (NIV)

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

James 2:20 New International Version (NIV)

You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?

James 2:14 New King James Version (NKJV)

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

James 2:17 New King James Version (NKJV)

Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:20 New King James Version (NKJV)

But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

James 2:14 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

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

James 2:17 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:20 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

James 2:14-17 The Message (MSG)

Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?

James 2:14-17 The Message (MSG)

Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?

James 2:19-20 The Message (MSG)

Do I hear you professing to believe in the one and only God, but then observe you complacently sitting back as if you had done something wonderful? That’s just great. Demons do that, but what good does it do them? Use your heads! Do you suppose for a minute that you can cut faith and works in two and not end up with a corpse on your hands?

James 2:14 King James Version (KJV)

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

James 2:17 King James Version (KJV)

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

James 2:20 King James Version (KJV)

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

James 2:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

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

James 2:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

James 2:20 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

James 2:14 New Century Version (NCV)

My brothers and sisters, if people say they have faith, but do nothing, their faith is worth nothing. Can faith like that save them?

James 2:17 New Century Version (NCV)

In the same way, faith by itself—that does nothing—is dead.

James 2:20 New Century Version (NCV)

You foolish person! Must you be shown that faith that does nothing is worth nothing?

James 2:14 American Standard Version (ASV)

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

James 2:17 American Standard Version (ASV)

Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

James 2:20 American Standard Version (ASV)

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

James 2:14 New International Version (NIV)

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?

James 2:17 New International Version (NIV)

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

James 2:20 New International Version (NIV)

You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?

James 2:14 New King James Version (NKJV)

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

James 2:17 New King James Version (NKJV)

Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:20 New King James Version (NKJV)

But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

James 2:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)

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.]

James 2:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)

So too, faith, if it does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective].

James 2:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish [spiritually shallow] person, that faith without [good] works is useless?

James 2:14 New Living Translation (NLT)

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?

James 2:17 New Living Translation (NLT)

So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

James 2:20 New Living Translation (NLT)

How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?

James 2:14 The Passion Translation (TPT)

My dear brothers and sisters, what good is it if someone claims to have faith but demonstrates no good works to prove it? How could this kind of faith save anyone?

James (Jacob) 2:17 The Passion Translation (TPT)

So then faith that doesn’t involve action is phony.

James (Jacob) 2:20 The Passion Translation (TPT)

O feeble sons of Adam, do you need further evidence that faith divorced from good works is phony?

James 2:14 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

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

James 2:17 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:20 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?