Verse List for YAC 2:14

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OET (OET-RV) My fellow believers, what would I gain if I said that someone had faith but it didn’t alter how they live their life? Faith like that wouldn’t be able to save them.

OET-LV What is profit, brothers of _me, if faith may _be _saying anyone, to _be _having but, works not may _be _having?
Not is _able the faith to _save him?

ULT What, would be the profit, my brothers, if someone would say he has faith, but he does not have works? That faith is not able to save him, is it?

UST My fellow believers, some people say, “I believe in the Lord Jesus the Messiah,” but they do not do loving things. What they say will do them no good. If they only believe with words, God will certainly not save them.

BSB & MSB What good [is it], my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

BLB What is the profit, my brothers, if anyone says to have faith, but has no works? Is the faith able to save him?

AICNT What [is the][fn] benefit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

OEB My friends, what good is it if someone claims that they have faith, but they do not prove it by actions? Can such faith save them?

CSB What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can such faith save him?

NLT What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?

NIV What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?

CEV My friends, what good is it to say you have faith, when you don't do anything to show you really do have faith? Can this kind of faith save you?

ESV What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

NASB What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

LSB What use is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

WEBBE & WMBB What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

MSG Faith in Action (14-17) Dear friends, do you think you’ll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, “Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?

NET What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?

LSV What [is] the profit, my brothers, if anyone may speak of having faith, but he may not have works? Is that faith able to save him?

FBV My friends, what's the good of someone saying they trust in God when they don't do what's good and right? Can such “trust” save them?

TCNT What is the benefit, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

T4T My fellow believers, there are some people who say, “I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,” but they do not do good things for other people. ◄Their saying that will certainly not do them any good!/What good will their saying that do for them?► [RHQ] God will certainly not save people like that who say that they believe, but do not do good things! [RHQ]

LEB ¶  What is the benefit, my brothers, if someone says that he has faith but does not have works? That faith is not able to save him, is it?[fn]

NRSV What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you?

NKJV What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

NAB What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

BBE What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

Moff My brothers, what is the use of anyone declaring he has faith, if he has no deeds to show? Can his faith save him?

Wymth What good is it, my brethren, if a man professes to have faith, and yet his actions do not correspond? Can such faith save him?

ASV What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

DRA What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him?

YLT What [is] the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?

Drby What [is] the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?

RV What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?
(What doeth/does it profit, my brethren/brothers, if a man say he hath/has faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?)

SLT And what profit, my brethren, if any say he has faith, and should not have works? can faith save him?

Wbstr What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man sayeth he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him?

KJB-1769 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
(What doeth/does it profit, my brethren/brothers, though a man say he hath/has faith, and have not works? can faith save him?)

KJB-1611 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say hee hath faith, and haue not workes? can faith saue him?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps What profiteth it my brethren, though a man say he hath fayth, and hath not deedes? Can fayth saue hym?
(What profiteth/profits it my brethren/brothers, though a man say he hath/has faith, and hath/has not deeds? Can faith save him?)

Gnva What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?
(What availeth/avails it, my brethren/brothers, though a man saith/says he hath/has faith, when he hath/has no works? can that faith save him?)

Cvdl What a vayleth it my brethre, though a man saye he hath faith, when he hath no dedes? Can faith saue him?
(What a veilth it my brethren/brothers, though a man say he hath/has faith, when he hath/has no deeds? Can faith save him?)

TNT What a vayleth it my brethren though a man saye he hath fayth when he hath no dedes? Can fayth save him?
(What a veilth it my brethren/brothers though a man say he hath/has faith when he hath/has no deeds? Can faith save him?)

Wycl Mi britheren, what schal it profite, if ony man seie that he hath feith, but he hath not the werkis? whether feith schal mowe saue hym?
(My brethren/brothers, what shall it profit, if any man say that he hath/has faith, but he hath/has not the works? whether faith shall more save him?)

Luth Was hilft‘s, liebe Brüder, so jemand sagt, er habe den Glauben, und hat doch die Werke nicht? Kann auch der Glaube ihn selig machen?
(What does_it_help, love(v) brothers, so someone says, he have the faith, and has though/but the work not? Can also the/of_the faith him/it blessed make?)

ClVg Quid proderit, fratres mei, si fidem quis dicat se habere, opera autem non habeat? numquid poterit fides salvare eum?[fn]
(What it_will_help, brothers my/mine, when/but_if faith who/any let_him_say himself to_have, works however not/no have? is_it will_be_able faith to_save him?)

SR-GNT Τί ὄφελος, ἀδελφοί μου, ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις, ἔχειν ἔργα, δὲ μὴ ἔχῃ; Μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν; ‡

UGNT τί τὸ ὄφελος, ἀδελφοί μου, ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις, ἔχειν ἔργα, δὲ μὴ ἔχῃ? μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν?

SBL-GNT ⸀Τί ὄφελος, ἀδελφοί μου, ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις ἔχειν ἔργα δὲ μὴ ἔχῃ; μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν;

RP-GNT Τί τὸ ὄφελος, ἀδελφοί μου, ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις ἔχειν, ἔργα δὲ μὴ ἔχῃ; Μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν;

TC-GNT Τί [fn]τὸ ὄφελος, ἀδελφοί μου, ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις ἔχειν, ἔργα δὲ μὴ [fn]ἔχῃ; μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν;