Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. New Living Translation Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, English Standard Version If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, Berean Standard Bible Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. Berean Literal Bible Now if a brother or a sister is without clothes and lacking of daily food, King James Bible If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, New King James Version If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, New American Standard Bible If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, NASB 1995 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, NASB 1977 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, Legacy Standard Bible If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, Amplified Bible If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day, Christian Standard Bible If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food Holman Christian Standard Bible If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food American Standard Version If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if a brother or sister is naked and lacking daily food, Contemporary English Version If you know someone who doesn't have any clothes or food, Douay-Rheims Bible And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food: English Revised Version If a brother or sister be naked, and in lack of daily food, GOD'S WORD® Translation Suppose a believer, whether a man or a woman, needs clothes or food Good News Translation Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and don't have enough to eat. International Standard Version Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food Literal Standard Version And if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of daily food, Majority Standard Bible Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. New American Bible If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, NET Bible If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, New Revised Standard Version If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, New Heart English Bible And if a brother or sister is poorly clothed and may be lacking in daily food, Webster's Bible Translation If a brother or sister is naked, and destitute of daily food, Weymouth New Testament Suppose a Christian brother or sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food, World English Bible And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, Young's Literal Translation and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Faith and Works14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?… Cross References Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, Matthew 25:36 I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.' Luke 3:11 John replied, "Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same." 1 John 3:17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? Treasury of Scripture If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? Job 31:16-21 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; … Isaiah 58:7,10 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? … Jump to Previous Christian Clad Clothes Clothing Daily Day's Destitute Food Ill-Clad Lack Naked Need Poorly Sister SupposeJump to Next Christian Clad Clothes Clothing Daily Day's Destitute Food Ill-Clad Lack Naked Need Poorly Sister SupposeJames 2 1. Do not regard the rich and despise the poor brothers;13. rather we are to be loving and merciful; 14. and not to boast of faith without deeds; 17. because faith without deeds is useless; 19. as is the faith of the demons; 21. however, Abraham displayed both faith and actions; 25. as did Rahab. (15) But (the word should be added, for it continues an argument) if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food--i.e., the food for each day, not that which suffices for one, or for a present distress; the case is rather of worst and direst want, so that the heart untouched by the spectacle of such misery must be hard indeed.Verses 15, 16. - Observe the practical character of the illustration chosen, from works of mercy (cf. James 1:27). Ωσι in ver. 15 should be deleted (omitted by B, C, K); also the disjunctive particle δὲ at the commencement of the verse (with א, B). Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Supposeἐὰν (ean) Conjunction Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. a brother ἀδελφὸς (adelphos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. sister ἀδελφὴ (adelphē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 79: A sister, a woman (fellow-)member of a church, a Christian woman. Fem of adephos; a sister. is ὑπάρχωσιν (hyparchōsin) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 5225: To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb). without clothes γυμνοὶ (gymnoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1131: Rarely: stark-naked; generally: wearing only the under-garment; bare, open, manifest; mere. Of uncertain affinity; nude. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. daily ἐφημέρου (ephēmerou) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 2184: For the day, daily, necessary for every day. From epi and hemera; for a day, i.e. Diurnal. food. τροφῆς (trophēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 5160: Food, nourishment, maintenance. From trepho; nourishment; by implication, rations. Links James 2:15 NIVJames 2:15 NLT James 2:15 ESV James 2:15 NASB James 2:15 KJV James 2:15 BibleApps.com James 2:15 Biblia Paralela James 2:15 Chinese Bible James 2:15 French Bible James 2:15 Catholic Bible NT Letters: James 2:15 And if a brother or sister (Ja Jas. Jam) |
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