James 2:26
Modern Translations
New International Version
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

New Living Translation
Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works.

English Standard Version
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

Berean Study Bible
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

New American Standard Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

NASB 1995
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

NASB 1977
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Amplified Bible
For just as the [human] body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works [of obedience] is also dead.

Christian Standard Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Contemporary English Version
Anyone who doesn't breathe is dead, and faith that doesn't do anything is just as dead!

Good News Translation
So then, as the body without the spirit is dead, also faith without actions is dead.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A body that doesn't breathe is dead. In the same way faith that does nothing is dead.

International Standard Version
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without actions is also dead.

NET Bible
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

New King James Version
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

King James 2000 Bible
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

New Heart English Bible
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

World English Bible
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

American King James Version
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

American Standard Version
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

A Faithful Version
For as the body without the spirit is dead, in the same way also, faith without works is dead.

Darby Bible Translation
For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

English Revised Version
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Webster's Bible Translation
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For as the body without the spirite is dead: euen so, fayth without workes, is dead also

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For as the body, with oute the sprete is deed, euen so faith wt out dedes is deed.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For as the body with oute the sprete is deed eve so fayth with out dedes is deed
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For as the body apart from [the] spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from works is dead.

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

Young's Literal Translation
for as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also the faith apart from the works is dead.

Smith's Literal Translation
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Literal Emphasis Translation
For just as the body apart from the spirit is dead; so also faith apart from works is dead.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

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

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Godbey New Testament
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith also apart from works is dead.

Haweis New Testament
For as the body without breath is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Mace New Testament
as the body then without the soul is a meer carcase, so faith without its effects is lifeless.

Weymouth New Testament
For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience.

Worrell New Testament
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.

Worsley New Testament
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
















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