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What does James 2:15 mean?

"And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,"

— James 2:15 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

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

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What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

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And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

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and one of you tells them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled”; and yet you didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

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Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.

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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.

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