Show Bible Commentary For A Bible Verse

Click here to show/hide instructions.

Selected Verse: James 2:16 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Jas 2:16	King James	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?

Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse

Open All | Close All Open All | Close All

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The habit of receiving passively sentimental impressions from sights of woe without carrying them out into active habits only hardens the heart. one of you--James brings home the case to his hearers individually. Depart in peace--as if all their wants were satisfied by the mere words addressed to them. The same words in the mouth of Christ, whose faith they said they had, were accompanied by efficient deeds of love. be . . . warmed--with clothing, instead of being as heretofore "naked" (Jam 2:15; Job 31:20). filled--instead of being "destitute of food" (Mat 15:37). what doth it profit--concluding with the same question as at the beginning, Jam 2:14. Just retribution: kind professions unaccompanied with corresponding acts, as they are of no "profit" to the needy object of them, so are of no profit to the professor himself. So faith consisting in mere profession is unacceptable to God, the object of faith, and profitless to the possessor.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

The habit of receiving passively sentimental impressions from sights of woe without carrying them out into active habits only hardens the heart.

one of you--James brings home the case to his hearers individually.

Depart in peace--as if all their wants were satisfied by the mere words addressed to them. The same words in the mouth of Christ, whose faith they said they had, were accompanied by efficient deeds of love.

be . . . warmed--with clothing, instead of being as heretofore "naked" (Jam 2:15; Job 31:20).

filled--instead of being "destitute of food" (Mat 15:37).

what doth it profit--concluding with the same question as at the beginning, Jam 2:14. Just retribution: kind professions unaccompanied with corresponding acts, as they are of no "profit" to the needy object of them, so are of no profit to the professor himself. So faith consisting in mere profession is unacceptable to God, the object of faith, and profitless to the possessor.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Depart in peace (ὑπάγετε ἐν εἰρήνῃ) Compare ὕπαγε or πορεύου εἰς εἰρηνήν, go into peace, Mar 5:34; Luk 7:50. Be filled (χορτάζεσθε) See on Mat 5:6. Those things which are needful (τὰ ἐπιτήδεια) Only here in New Testament.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Depart in peace (ὑπάγετε ἐν εἰρήνῃ)

Compare ὕπαγε or πορεύου εἰς εἰρηνήν, go into peace, Mar 5:34; Luk 7:50.

Be filled (χορτάζεσθε)

See on Mat 5:6.

Those things which are needful (τὰ ἐπιτήδεια)

Only here in New Testament.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Be ye warmed and filled - Your saying so to them, while you give them nothing, will just profit them as much as your professed faith, without those works which are the genuine fruits of true faith, will profit you in the day when God comes to sit in judgment upon your soul.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Be ye warmed and filled - Your saying so to them, while you give them nothing, will just profit them as much as your professed faith, without those works which are the genuine fruits of true faith, will profit you in the day when God comes to sit in judgment upon your soul.

Top