OET interlinear YAC (JAM) 2:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὥσπερ Γάρ τό σῶμα χωρίς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστίν οὕτως καί ἡ πίστις χωρίς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστίν)

James is using the word For to introduce a general principle that can be deduced from the argument he has been making since [2:14](../02/14.md) that faith needs to be expressed in works. He does not say For, which often means “because,” to indicate that God justified Abraham and Rahab for this reason. Rather, he is using the word For in order to bring his argument to its conclusion. Alternate translation: [These specific cases confirm the general principle that]

τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὥσπερ Γάρ τό σῶμα χωρίς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστίν οὕτως καί ἡ πίστις χωρίς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστίν)

The word translated spirit can also mean “breath.” Alternate translation: [a body that does not have the breath of life in it is dead]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἡ πίστις χωρὶς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστιν

¬the faith (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὥσπερ Γάρ τό σῶμα χωρίς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστίν οὕτως καί ἡ πίστις χωρίς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστίν)

James is speaking of faith as if it would be a living thing if it had works but not be alive if it did not have them. Alternate translation: [a person’s faith is not genuine if he does not express it through works]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἡ πίστις χωρὶς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστιν

¬the faith (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὥσπερ Γάρ τό σῶμα χωρίς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστίν οὕτως καί ἡ πίστις χωρίς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστίν)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the abstract nouns faith and works by stating the ideas behind them with equivalent expressions. Alternate translation: [if a person says he believes in God but he does not do what God wants him to do, then he does not really believe in God]