James 2:16
If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?
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ASV
and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?
KJV
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| εἴπῃ | eipē | may say | G2036 → |
| δέ | de | then | G1161 → |
| τις | tis | anyone | G5100 → |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 → |
| ἐξ | ex | out from | G1537 → |
| ὑμῶν· | humōn | you; | G4771 → |
| ὑπάγετε | hupagete | do go | G5217 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| εἰρήνῃ, | eirēnē | peace, | G1515 → |
| θερμαίνεσθε | thermainesthe | do be warmed | G2328 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| χορτάζεσθε, | chortazesthe | do be filled, | G5526 → |
| μὴ | mē | surely not | G3361 → |
| δῶτε | dōte | may give | G1325 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| ἐπιτήδεια | epitēdeia | needful things | G2006 → |
| τοῦ | tou | for the | G3588 → |
| σώματος, | sōmatos | body, | G4983 → |
| τί | ti | what [is] | G5101 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| ὄφελος; | ophelos | profit? | G3786 → |
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