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James 2:17

17 So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.

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James 2:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

James 2:17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

James 2:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

James 2:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 2:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 In the same way, faith by itself—that does nothing—is dead.

James 2:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

James 2:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.

James 2:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it doesn’t cause you to do any good things. 

James 2:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 In the same way faith, if it doesn’t have works, is dead by itself.

James 2:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 Thus also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.

James 2:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 It is the same with faith. If it doesn’t cause us to do something, it’s dead.

James 2:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.


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