16
andδέoneτιςof youἐξ ὑμῶνsaysεἴπῃto them,αὐτοῖςGoὙπάγετεinἐνpeace,εἰρήνῃbe warmedθερμαίνεσθεandκαὶbe filled,χορτάζεσθεbutδὲyou do notμὴgiveδῶτεthemαὐτοῖςthe things neededτὰ ἐπιτήδειαfor the body,τοῦ σώματοςwhatτίgood is it?ὄφελος
James 2:16
Study it in the app“and one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what good is it?”
James: faith without deeds is deadFaith
With the Greek beneath
James 2:16, word by word
- saysεἴπῃeipēi
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipēi” appears- GoὙπάγετεHypagete
go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “Hypagete” appears- peaceεἰρήνῃeirēnēi
peace with God
The calm God gives: being on good terms with him.
Where else “eirēnēi” appears- be warmedθερμαίνεσθεthermainesthe
warm oneself
Warm oneself.
Where else “thermainesthe” appears- be filledχορτάζεσθεchortazesthe
feed, satisfy
Satisfy, feed until full.
Where else “chortazesthe” appears- giveδῶτεdōte
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dōte” appears- the things neededἐπιτήδειαepitēdeia
necessary, needed
Necessary, needed; "what is needed", the necessities.
Where else “epitēdeia” appears- for the bodyσώματοςsōmatos
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmatos” appears- good is itὄφελοςophelos
benefit, use
Benefit, use, profit.
Where else “ophelos” appears
The context
15If a brother or a sister is naked and lacking daily food,
16 · This verse (above)
17So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
To study James 2 in a group
1. What it says
What situation does James describe with the man in the gold ring and the poor man, and what does he say about it (v. 1-4)?
2. What it means
James says faith without works is dead (v. 14-17). What example does he use, and what is he trying to show?
3. How I live it
Whom could you treat today with the same attention you would give to someone important?