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Forγὰρjust asὥσπερthe bodyτὸ σῶμαapart fromχωρὶςthe spiritπνεύματοςisἐστινdead,νεκρόνsoοὕτωςalsoκαὶfaithἡ πίστιςapart fromχωρὶςworksἔργωνisἐστινdead.νεκρά
James 2:26
Study it in the app“For just as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.”
With the Greek beneath
James 2:26, word by word
- just asὥσπερhōsper
just as
Just as, in the same way as.
Where else “hōsper” appears- the bodyσῶμαsōma
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōma” appears- apart fromχωρὶςchōris
without, apart from
Without, apart from.
Where else “chōris” appears- the spiritπνεύματοςpneumatos
spirit
A person's spirit, their inner self.
Where else “pneumatos” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- deadνεκρόνnekron
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekron” appears- faithπίστιςpistis
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistis” appears- worksἔργωνergōn
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “ergōn” appears
The context
25And in the same way was not Rahab the prostitute also declared righteous by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
26 · This verse (above)
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?