James 2:18 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

English ASV

Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I by my works will show thee my faith.

English Amplified

But someone will say [to you then], You [say you] have faith, and I have [good] works. Now you show me your [alleged] faith apart from any [good] works [if you can], and I by [good] works [of obedience] will show you my faith.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But someone will say [to you then], You [say you] have faith, and I have [good] works. Now you show me your [alleged] faith apart from any [good] works [if you can], and I by [good] works [of obedience] will show you my faith.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith by my works.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But some one will say, *Thou* hast faith and *I* have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and *I* from my works will shew thee my faith.

English EASY 2024

Someone might say, ‘Some people have faith to believe in God. Other people do good things to help people.’ Then I would say, ‘You cannot show me that you believe in God if you do not do good things. I do good things, and that shows that I really believe in God.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But someone might argue, "Some people have faith, and others have good works." My answer would be that you can't show me your faith if you don't do anything. But I will show you my faith by the good I do.

But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But someone will say, “One person has faith, another has actions.” My answer is, “Show me how anyone can have faith without actions. I will show you my faith by my actions.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Another person might say, "You have faith, but I do good things." Show me your faith apart from the good things you do. I will show you my faith by the good things I do.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I will show you faith from my works.

English KJV 1611

Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

English LSB

But someone will say, “You have faith; and I have works. Show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But a man may say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Indeed someone might say, "You have faith and I have works." Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But someone will say, "You have faith. I do good works." Show me your faith that doesn't do good works. And I will show you my faith by what I do.

English NIV

But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.

English NKJ 1982

But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

English NLT

Now someone may argue, "Some people have faith; others have good deeds." I say, "I can't see your faith if you don't have good deeds, but I will show you my faith through my good deeds."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

But someone might object and say, “One person has faith and another person has works.” Go ahead then and prove to me that you have faith without works and I will show you faith by my works as proof that I believe.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But some one will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But someone may well argue, “You say the way to God is by faith alone, plus nothing; well, I say that good works are important too, for without good works you can't prove whether you have faith or not; but anyone can see that I have faith by the way I act.“

English Tyndale 1537

But one shall(Yea and a man might) say: Thou hast faith, and I have deeds: Shew me thy faith by thy deeds: and I will shew thee my faith by my deeds.

James 2:18 — Compare Translations