English Standard Version

James 2:12-19 English Standard Version (ESV)

12. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.

13. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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

15. If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,

16. and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?

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

18. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

19. You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!