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Soοὕτωςalsoκαὶfaithἡ πίστιςby itself,καθ’ ἑαυτήνifἐὰνit does notμὴhaveἔχῃworks,ἔργαisἐστινdead.νεκρά
James 2:17
Study it in the app“So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”
James: faith without deeds is deadFaith
With the Greek beneath
James 2:17, word by word
- faithπίστιςpistis
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistis” appears- haveἔχῃechēi
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echēi” appears- worksἔργαerga
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- deadνεκράnekra
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekra” appears
The context
16and 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?
17 · This verse (above)
18But someone will say: You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith apart from works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
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?