James 2:18,20,22
James 2:18 King James Version (KJV)
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
James 2:20 King James Version (KJV)
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James 2:22 King James Version (KJV)
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
James 2:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
James 2:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
James 2:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
James 2:18 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
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 2:22 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works
James 2:18 The Message (MSG)
I can already hear one of you agreeing by saying, “Sounds good. You take care of the faith department, I’ll handle the works department.” Not so fast. You can no more show me your works apart from your faith than I can show you my faith apart from my works. Faith and works, works and faith, fit together hand in glove.
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 2:21-24 The Message (MSG)
Wasn’t our ancestor Abraham “made right with God by works” when he placed his son Isaac on the sacrificial altar? Isn’t it obvious that faith and works are yoked partners, that faith expresses itself in works? That the works are “works of faith”? The full meaning of “believe” in the Scripture sentence, “Abraham believed God and was set right with God,” includes his action. It’s that weave of believing and acting that got Abraham named “God’s friend.” Is it not evident that a person is made right with God not by a barren faith but by faith fruitful in works?
James 2:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”
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 2:22 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected
James 2:18 New Century Version (NCV)
Someone might say, “You have faith, but I have deeds.” Show me your faith without doing anything, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
James 2:20 New Century Version (NCV)
You foolish person! Must you be shown that faith that does nothing is worth nothing?
James 2:22 New Century Version (NCV)
So you see that Abraham’s faith and the things he did worked together. His faith was made perfect by what he did.
James 2:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.
James 2:20 American Standard Version (ASV)
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?
James 2:22 American Standard Version (ASV)
Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect
James 2:18 New International Version (NIV)
But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
James 2:20 New International Version (NIV)
You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?
James 2:22 New International Version (NIV)
You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.
James 2:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But someone may say, “You [claim to] have faith and I have [good] works; show me your [alleged] faith without the works [if you can], and I will show you my faith by my works [that is, by what I do].”
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 2:22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
You see that [his] faith was working together with his works, and as a result of the works, his faith was completed [reaching its maturity when he expressed his faith through obedience].
James 2:18 New Living Translation (NLT)
Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”
James 2:20 New Living Translation (NLT)
How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?
James 2:22 New Living Translation (NLT)
You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete.
James 2:18 The Passion Translation (TPT)
But someone might object and say, “One person has faith and another person has works.” Go ahead then and prove to me that you have faith without works and I will show you faith by my works as proof that I believe.