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James 2:14

James 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

What doth it profit, my brethren,.... The apostle having finished his discourse on respect of persons, and the arguments he used to dissuade from it, by an easy transition passes to treat upon faith…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith? - The apostle here returns to the subject adverted to in Jam 1:22-27, the importance of a practical attention to the duties of…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

What doth it profit - though a man say he hath faith - We now come to a part of this epistle which has appeared to some eminent men to contradict other portions of the Divine records. In short, it has…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

James 2:14-26

In this latter part of the chapter, the apostle shows the error of those who rested in a bare profession of the Christian faith, as if that would save them, while the temper of their minds and the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

James 2:14-26

Justification by Faith and Works

14. though a man say he hath faith The section on which we now enter has been the battle-field of almost endless controversies. It led Luther in the boldness of a zeal…