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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. James 2 contains 26 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.