...What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath zeal and feeling, — and have not works ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you, under the impulse of the tenderest meltings of sympathy, and in accents scft as the descending dew...

...What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath zeal and feeling, — and have not works ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you, under the impulse of the tenderest melting* of sympathy, and in accents soft as the 'descending dew...

...establish, and he asserts it in the strongest terms a few verses before, by asking : " what doth it profit, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ; can faith save him?'•''* How then does Mr. Simeon encounter this plain refutation of his opinion ? Let us hear himself: " St....

...Jam. ii. 1 3 — Ifi. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath sltewed no mercy. — • What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled : notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body...

...we were as sheep going astray, but now are we returned to the shepherd and bishop of our souls. 5. If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily...in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding yc give them not of those things, which arc needful to the body, what doth it profit? 6. To do good,...

...and if those that do not believe shall be damned, so those that do not obey shall likewise perish. "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works, can faith save him?" Verily, "faith without works is dead." Was not Abraham justified by his works, when he had offered...

...which was praised in the confession of Peter (g). l What doth it profit, my brethren,' says James, ' though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him (h)? He says also, that ' faith •without works is dead (i)' To what degree then are they deceived,...

...passage of the apostle James will answer the purpose most completely; " What doth it profit," he asks, " though a man say he hath faith, and have not works ; can faith save him ?"* Both faith and works, therefore, are indispensible conditions of final justification, or salvation....

...wrUcr could moan. Comp. 1 Cor. xi. 27. "He is liable to the punishment of offt ruling to all." N. 16 and one of you say unto them, " Depart in peace, be ye warmed and be ye filled;" but ye give them not those things which are necessary for the body; what doth it pro17...

...shall now attempt to prove. St. James introduces his discussion of this subject with these questions ; What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say...hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him.' In the original it is ii «HJTIS ; the faith, which the man declares himself to have ; or, as it is...