James 2:17

1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Corinthians 13:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Peter 1:5-9; James 2:14; James 2:19; James 2:20; James 2:26

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If a brother or sister be naked ... - The comparison in these verses is very obvious and striking. The sense is, that faith in itself, without th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The surface contradiction between James and Paul, which made Luther call this an epistle of straw, and the Tü bingen critics hail it as a Judaist's a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dead . Greek. nekros. Compare App-139. alone . by (App-104.) itself.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17 Is dead, being alone. He says that faith is dead, being by itself, that is, when destitute of good works. We hence conclude that it is ind...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. If it hath not works, is dead - The faith that does not produce works of charity and mercy...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Even so faith, if it hath not works, &c.— See the preceding note. St. Paul (says Dr. Heylin,) had used the term faith as it was understood in...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Faith ... being alone. Alford joins, 'is dead in itself.' Bengel, 'If the works wh...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Warnings Against Respect of Persons. Belief and Practice 1. Another instance of inconsistency. Jesus Christ the Lord of glory ] better, 'Jesu...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(14-26) FAITH AND WORKS. — We now enter on the most debatable ground of the Epistle; a battle-field strewn with the bones and weapons of countless ad...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. — Better, like the margin, is dead in its own self. If to be childless among women wer...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 FAITH AND WORKS: THREE VIEWS OF THE RELATION, OF THE TEACHING OF ST. JAMES TO THE TEACHING OF ST. PAUL-THE RELATION OF LUTHER TO BOTH....
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deeds the Evidence of Faith James 2:14-26 The Apostle is speaking here of a faith that does not result in a changed life. It is the faith which...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proceeding, James dealt with the effect of faith on conduct. It makes it impossible to show any respect of persons on the ground of the possession of...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? (15) If a brother or sister be naked, and d...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. It is like a lifeless carcass, a body without a soul, James 2:26 for as works, without...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Ver. 17. Is dead, being alone ] That is, being workless; for life discovers itself by...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What doth it profit From James 1:22 , the apostle has been enforcing Christian practice; he now applies to those who neglected this under the pret...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The first 13 verses of this chapter form a second division of the book, dealing with the faith of Christ as being above all personal considerations,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Faith and Works. A. D. 61. 14 What doth i...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Even so faith; that which they boasted of, and called faith. Is dead; void of that life, in which the very essence of faith consists, and which a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reply Comes, ‘But Surely If We Have Faith That Is Enough. Will We Not Be Seen To Be Righteous Because We Have Faith In Christ? Then Surely It Do...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Even so faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.' And that is why he can say that such faith is dead. It is unresponsive, it fails to a...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 2:14 . Say. —Or, “make profession.” The man may really have the faith, but it cannot be an effective faith...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

James 2:1 . Have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. See James 1:1 . The whole of this chapter tu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION James 2:1-59 WARNING AGAINST RESPECT OF PERSONS . James 2:1 The translation is doubtful, two renderings being po...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proof of faith demanded in brotherly love:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So likewise that faith which hath not works is a mere dead, empty notion; of no more profit to him that hath it, than the bidding the naked be clot...

¹⁷ Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.c

Related Commentaries of James 2:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

James 2:17