James 2:15-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ [^LSuppose; If] A brother or sister in Christ ·might need clothes or food [^Lis naked and lacks daily food]. ¹⁶ If you say to that person, “·God be with you [or I wish you well; ^LGo in peace]! ·I hope you stay warm and get plenty to eat, [^TBe warmed and filled]” but you do not ·give what that person needs [provide for the needs of their body], ·your words are worth nothing [^Lwhat good/profit/gain is that?]. ¹⁷ In the same way, faith by itself—·that does nothing [^Lif it does not have works]—is dead.