Jas 2:16
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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Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do {it}. {them...: Heb. the owners thereof}
Hereby perceive we the love {of God}, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down {our} lives for the brethren.
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
{Let} love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Then Jesus called his disciples {unto him}, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
What {doth it} profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?