33 Grk “do you want to know.”
34 Grk “O empty man.” Here the singular vocative ἄνθρωπε (anthrōpe, “man”) means “person” or even “fellow.” Cf. ἄνθρωπος 8 which views this as an instance of rhetorical address in a letter; the pejorative sense is also discussed under the previous heading (7).
35 Most witnesses, including several important ones (א A C2 P Ψ 33 𝔐 sy bo), have νεκρά (nekra, “dead”) here, while 𝔓74 reads κενή (kenē, “empty”). Both variants are most likely secondary, derived from ἀργή (argē, “useless”). The reading of the majority is probably an assimilation to the statements in vv. 17 and 26, while 𝔓74’s reading picks up on κενέ (kene) earlier in the verse. The external evidence (B C* 323 945 1739 sa) for ἀργή is sufficient for authenticity; coupled with the strong internal evidence for the reading (if νεκρά were original, how would ἀργή have arisen here and not in vv. 17 or 26?), it is strongly preferred.

In other versions

Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?

Senseless person! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?

But do you want to know, O foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

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