James 2:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὕτως Καὶ ἡ πίστις, ἐὰν μὴ ἔργα ἔχῃ, νεκρά ἐστιν, καθʼ ἑαυτήν.

Transliteration

Thus also the pistis, if not erga echē, nekra estin, by itself.

Grammar Details

Οὕτως: adverb - thus/in this way
Καὶ: conjunction - also/even
ἡ *pistis*: nominative, feminine, singular - the faith
ἐὰν: conditional particle - if
μὴ: negative particle - not
*erga*: accusative, neuter, plural - works
*echē*: present, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - may have
*nekra*: nominative, feminine, singular, adjective - dead
*estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is
καθʼ ἑαυτήν: preposition + accusative, reflexive pronoun - by itself

Word Meanings

*pistis*: faith/belief/trust
*erga*: works/deeds/actions
*echē*: may have/possess
*nekra*: dead/lifeless
*estin*: is/exists

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jas 2:26 : 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
1 Tim 1:5 : 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
Jas 2:14 : 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
Jas 2:19-20 : 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
1 Cor 13:3 : 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

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