James 2:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν δὲ ἀδελφὸς ἢ ἀδελφὴ γυμνοὶ ὑπάρχωσιν, καὶ λειπόμενοι ὦσιν τῆς ἐφημέρου τροφῆς,

Transliteration

If de adelphos ē adelphē gymnoi hyparchōsin, and leipomenoi ōsin of the ephēmerou trophēs,

Grammar Details

Ἐὰν: conditional particle - if
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*adelphos*: nominative, masculine, singular - brother
ἢ: conjunction - or
*adelphē*: nominative, feminine, singular - sister
*gymnoi*: nominative, masculine, plural, adjective - naked/poorly clothed
*hyparchōsin*: present, active, subjunctive, 3rd person plural - may be
καὶ: conjunction - and
*leipomenoi*: present, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - being destitute/lacking
*ōsin*: present, active, subjunctive, 3rd person plural - may be
τῆς *ephēmerou*: genitive, feminine, singular - of daily
*trophēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - food/nourishment

Word Meanings

*adelphos*: brother/fellow believer
*adelphē*: sister/female believer
*gymnoi*: naked/poorly clothed/insufficiently dressed
*hyparchōsin*: may be/exist/are in a state of
*leipomenoi*: being destitute/lacking/in need
*ephēmerou trophēs*: daily food/sustenance/nourishment

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 3:11 : 11 And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.
Matt 25:35-40 : 35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? 38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me.
Mark 14:7 : 7 For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.
Job 31:16-21 : 16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof 18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb); 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
Isa 58:7 : 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Isa 58:10 : 10 and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
Ezek 18:7 : 7 and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Heb 11:37 : 37 they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in {G122} goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

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