YAC 2:26 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Just like a body is dead once the spirit has departed, so too faith is dead if it’s not demonstrated by good deeds.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT For just as the body without the spirit is dead, thus also the faith without works is dead.

UST All of this illustrates an important truth. Just as a person’s body is not alive if he is no longer breathing, in the same way, a person does not really trust in God if he does not express that trust through what he does.

BLB For just as the body apart from spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

AICNT For just as the body without the spirit[fn] is dead, also faith without [[the]][fn] works is dead.

2:26, Spirit: Or breath. The Greek word means (1) air in movement, blowing, breathing, (2) that which animates or gives life to the body, breath, (life-)spirit (3) a part of human personality, spirit, (4) an independent noncorporeal being, in contrast to a being that can be perceived by the physical sense, spirit, or (5) God's being as controlling influence, with focus on association with humans, Spirit, spirit. (BDAG, πνεῦμα)

2:26, the: Some manuscripts include. A(02) C(03) BYZ TR

OEB Just as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.

WEBBE For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

LSV For as the body apart from [the] spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from works is dead.

FBV Just as the body is dead without the spirit, trust in God is dead if you don't do what's right.

TCNT [fn]For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.

2:26 For just ¦ Just WH

T4T Remember that when our spirits permanently leave our bodies, our bodies are dead and useless. Similarly [SIM], if someone says, “I trust in God,” but does not do things to help others, what that person says about trusting in God is useless.

LEB For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

BBE For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.

Moff No Moff YAC (JAM) book available

Wymth For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience.
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ASV For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

DRA For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.

YLT for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

Drby For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

RV For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Wbstr For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

KJB-1769 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

KJB-1611 For as the body without the [fn]spirit is dead, so faith without workes is dead also.
(For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.)

2:26 Or, breath.

Bshps For as the body without the spirite is dead: euen so, fayth without workes, is dead also
(For as the body without the spirit is dead: even so, faith without works, is dead also)

Gnva For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.
(For as the body without ye/you_all spirit is dead, even so the faith without works is dead. )

Cvdl For as the body, with oute the sprete is deed, euen so faith wt out dedes is deed.
(For as the body, with oute the spirit is dead, even so faith with out dedes is dead.)

TNT For as the body with oute the sprete is deed even so fayth with out dedes is deed.
(For as the body with oute the spirit is dead even so faith with out dedes is dead. )

Wyc For as the bodi with out spirit is deed, so also feith with out werkis is deed.
(For as the body with out spirit is dead, so also faith with out works is dead.)

Luth Denn gleichwie der Leib ohne Geist tot ist, also auch der Glaube ohne Werke ist tot.
(Because gleichwie the/of_the body without spirit dead is, also also the/of_the Glaube without Werke is tot.)

ClVg Sicut enim corpus sine spiritu mortuum est, ita et fides sine operibus mortua est.
(Sicut because body without spiritu mortuum it_is, ita and fides without operibus mortua it_is. )

UGNT ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν, οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις χωρὶς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστιν.
(hōsper gar to sōma ⱪōris pneumatos nekron estin, houtōs kai haʸ pistis ⱪōris ergōn nekra estin.)

SBL-GNT ὥσπερ ⸀γὰρ τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν, οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις ⸀χωρὶς ἔργων νεκρά ἐστιν.
(hōsper ⸀gar to sōma ⱪōris pneumatos nekron estin, houtōs kai haʸ pistis ⸀ⱪōris ergōn nekra estin.)

TC-GNT Ὥσπερ [fn]γὰρ τὸ σῶμα χωρὶς πνεύματος νεκρόν ἐστιν, οὕτω καὶ ἡ πίστις χωρὶς [fn]τῶν ἔργων νεκρά ἐστι.
(Hōsper gar to sōma ⱪōris pneumatos nekron estin, houtō kai haʸ pistis ⱪōris tōn ergōn nekra esti. )

2:26 γαρ ¦ — WH

2:26 των ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

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 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

the body apart_from spirit dead is

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 apart_from works dead is

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 apart_from works dead is

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”

Parallel YAC 2:26