James 2:18 -... show me your faith without your works...

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American King James Version (AKJV) – James 2:18 Yes, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

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Amplified Bible (AMP) – James 2:18 But someone will say [to you then], You [say you] have faith, and I have [good] works. Now you show me your [alleged] faith apart from any [good] works [if you can], and I by [good] works [of obedience] will show you my faith.

American Standard Version (ASV) – James 2:18 Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

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Basic Bible English (BBE) – James 2:18 But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

Common English Bible (CEB) – James 2:18 Someone might claim, “You have faith and I have action.” But how can I see your faith apart from your actions? Instead, I’ll show you my faith by putting it into practice in faithful action.

English Standard Version (ESV) – James 2:18 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.

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Good News Translation (GNT) – James 2:18 But someone will say, “One person has faith, another has actions.” My answer is, “Show me how anyone can have faith without actions. I will show you my faith by my actions.”

God’s word To The Nations (God’s word) – James 2:18 Another person might say, “You have faith, but I do good things.” Show me your faith apart from the good things you do. I will show you my faith by the good things I do.

Green’s Literal Translation (LITV) – James 2:18 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 out of my works.

King James Version (KJV) – James 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

Lexham English Bible (LEB) – James 2:18 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.

New American Standard Bible (NASB) – James 2:18 But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

New Century Version (NCV) – James 2:18 Someone might say, “You have faith, but I have deeds.” Show me your faith without doing anything, and I will show you my faith by what I do.

New International Version (NIV) – James 2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

New King James Version (NKJV) – James 2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

New Living Translation (NLT) – James 2:18 Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” I say, “I can’t see your faith if you don’t have good deeds, but I will show you my faith through my good deeds.”

New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) – James 2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

Revised Standard Version (RSV) – James 2:18 But some one will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

The Message Bible (MSG) – James 2:18 I can already hear one of you agreeing by saying, “Sounds good. You take care of the faith department, I’ll handle the works department.”
Not so fast. You can no more show me your works apart from your faith than I can show you my faith apart from my works. Faith and works, works and faith, fit together hand in glove.

Updated King James Version (UKJV) – James 2:18 Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

World’s English Bible (WEB) – James 2:18 Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) – James 2:18 But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

Verse of the day in other languages

Chinese – 雅各书 2:18 也许有人要说，你有信心，我有行为；请把你没有行为的信心指给我看，我就借着我的行为，把我的信心指给你看。

Filipino – Santiago 2:18 Oo, sasabihin ng isang tao, Ikaw ay mayroong pananampalataya, at ako’y mayroong mga gawa: ipakita mo sa akin ang iyong pananampalatayang hiwalay sa mga gawa, at ako sa pamamagitan ng aking mga gawa ay ipakita sa iyo ang aking pananampalataya.

Finnish – Jaakobin kirje 2:18 Joku ehkä sanoo: “Sinulla on usko, ja minulla on teot”; näytä sinä minulle uskosi ilman tekoja, niin minä teoistani näytän sinulle uskon.

French – Jacques 2:18 Mais quelqu’un dira : Tu as la foi, et moi j’ai des œuvres. Montre-moi ta foi sans œuvres, et moi, par mes œuvres, je te montrerai ma foi.

German – Jakobus 2:18 Aber es möchte jemand sagen: Du hast den Glauben, und ich habe die Werke; zeige mir deinen Glauben mit deinen Werken, so will ich auch meinen Glauben dir zeigen mit meinen Werken.

Hindi – याकूब 2:18 किन्तु कोई कह सकता है, “तुम्हारे पास विश्वास है, जबकि मेरे पास कर्म है अब तुम बिना कर्मों के अपना विश्वास दिखाओ और मैं तुम्हें अपना विश्वास अपने कर्मों के द्वारा दिखाऊँगा।”

Italian – Giacomo 2:18 Anzi alcuno dirà; Tu hai la fede, ed io ho le opere; mostrami la tua fede senza le tue opere, ed io ti mostrerò la fede mia per le mie opere.

Spanish – Santiago 2:18 Pero alguno dirá: Tú tienes fe, y yo tengo obras: muéstrame tu fe sin tus obras, y yo te mostraré mi fe por mis obras.

Swahili – Yakobo 2:18 Lakini mtu atasema, Wewe unayo imani, nami ninayo matendo. Nionyeshe imani yako pasipo matendo, nami nitakuonyesha imani yangu kwa njia ya matendo yangu.

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