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James 2:20
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
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Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?
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English Standard Version
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Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
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King James Version
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But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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The Message Bible
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Use your heads! Do you suppose for a minute that you can cut faith and works in two and not end up with a corpse on your hands?
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New American Standard Bible
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But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?
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New International Version
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You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless ?
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New King James Version
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But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
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New Living Translation
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How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?
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New Revised Standard
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Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is barren?
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American Standard Version
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But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?
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The Bible in Basic English
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Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?
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Common English Bible
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Are you so slow? Do you need to be shown that faith without actions has no value at all?
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
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Are you so slow? Do you need to be shown that faith without actions has no value at all?
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The Complete Jewish Bible
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But, foolish fellow, do you want to be shown that such "faith" apart from actions is barren?
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The Darby Translation
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But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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Good News Translation
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You fool! Do you want to be shown that faith without actions is useless?
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
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You fool! Do you want to be shown that faith without actions is useless?
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GOD'S WORD Translation
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You fool! Do you have to be shown that faith which does nothing is useless?
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Hebrew Names Version
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But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
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Jubilee Bible 2000
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But, O vain man, dost thou desire to know that faith without works is dead?
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
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But wilt thou know , O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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Lexham English Bible
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But do you want to know, O foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
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New Century Version
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You foolish person! Must you be shown that faith that does nothing is worth nothing?
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New International Reader's Version
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You foolish man! Do you want proof that faith without good works is useless?
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
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Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is barren?
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
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But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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Revised Standard Version
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Do you want to be shown, you shallow man, that faith apart from works is barren?
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
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Do you want to be shown, you shallow man, that faith apart from works is barren?
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SBL Greek New Testament
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θέλεις δὲ γνῶναι, ὦ ἄνθρωπε κενέ, ὅτι ἡ πίστις χωρὶς τῶν ἔργων ἀργή ἐστιν;
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Third Millennium Bible
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But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
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But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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Tyndale
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Wilt thou vnderstonde o thou vayne man that fayth with out dedes is deed?
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The Latin Vulgate
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vis autem scire o homo inanis quoniam fides sine operibus otiosa est
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
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vis autem scire o homo inanis quoniam fides sine operibus otiosa est
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The Webster Bible
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But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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World English Bible
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But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
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Weymouth New Testament
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But, idle boaster, are you willing to be taught how it is that faith apart from obedience is worthless? Take the case of Abraham our forefather.
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Wycliffe
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But wilt thou know, thou vain man, that faith without works is idle?
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Young's Literal Translation
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And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?
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