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James 2

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14 My friends, what good is it if someone claims that they have faith, but they do not prove it by actions? Can such faith save them?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to James 2:14. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 75
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Τί τὸ ὄφελος, ἀδελφοί μου, ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις ἔχειν, ἔργα δὲ μὴ ἔχῃ; Μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν;

20 word entries
Τί
Lemma
ti
Transliteration
ti
Morphology
Greek: interrogative pronoun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
interrogative pronoun
Strong's
G5101
Occurrences
458
τὸ
Lemma
to
Transliteration
to
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1725
ὄφελος
Lemma
ofelov
Transliteration
ofelov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3786
Occurrences
3
ἀδελφοί
Lemma
adelfoi
Transliteration
adelfoi
Morphology
Greek: noun vocative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G80
Occurrences
149
μου
Lemma
mou
Transliteration
mou
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
587
ἐὰν
Lemma
ean
Transliteration
ean
Morphology
Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Strong's
G1437
Occurrences
333
πίστιν
Lemma
pistin
Transliteration
pistin
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4102
Occurrences
55
λέγῃ
Lemma
legh
Transliteration
legh
Morphology
Greek: verb present active subjunctive singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
3
τις
Lemma
tiv
Transliteration
tiv
Morphology
Greek: indefinite pronoun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
indefinite pronoun
Strong's
G5100
Occurrences
391
ἔχειν
Lemma
ecein
Transliteration
ecein
Morphology
Greek: verb present active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
30
ἔργα
Lemma
erga
Transliteration
erga
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
62
δὲ
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2860
μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
ἔχῃ
Lemma
ech
Transliteration
ech
Morphology
Greek: verb present active subjunctive singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
12
Μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
δύναται
Lemma
dunatai
Transliteration
dunatai
Morphology
Greek: verb present middle/passive deponent indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
73
Lemma
h
Transliteration
h
Morphology
Greek: article nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1450
πίστις
Lemma
pistiv
Transliteration
pistiv
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4102
Occurrences
36
σῶσαι
Lemma
swsai
Transliteration
swsai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist active infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4982
Occurrences
16
αὐτόν
Lemma
auton
Transliteration
auton
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
983
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

Τί τὸ ὄφελος, ἀδελφοί μου, ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις ἔχειν, ἔργα δὲ μὴ ἔχῃ; μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν;

20 word entries
Τί
Lemma
τίς
Morphology
I-NSN
Part of Speech
I
Strong's
G5101
Occurrences
533
τὸ
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
ὄφελος,
Morphology
N-NSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3786
Occurrences
3
ἀδελφοί
Morphology
N-VPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G0080
Occurrences
343
μου,
Lemma
ἐγώ
Morphology
P-1GS
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G1473
Occurrences
1719
ἐὰν
Lemma
ἐάν
Morphology
COND
Part of Speech
COND
Strong's
G1437
Occurrences
333
πίστιν
Morphology
N-ASF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4102
Occurrences
243
λέγῃ
Morphology
V-PAS-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3004
Occurrences
2252
τις
Lemma
τὶς
Morphology
X-NSM
Part of Speech
X
Strong's
G5100
Occurrences
526
ἔχειν,
Lemma
ἔχω
Morphology
V-PAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
706
ἔργα
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2041
Occurrences
169
δὲ
Lemma
δέ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G1161
Occurrences
2771
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
ἔχῃ;
Lemma
ἔχω
Morphology
V-PAS-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2192
Occurrences
706
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
δύναται
Morphology
V-PNI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1410
Occurrences
209
Lemma
Morphology
T-NSF
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πίστις
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4102
Occurrences
243
σῶσαι
Morphology
V-AAN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4982
Occurrences
106
αὐτόν;
Morphology
P-ASM
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܡܢܐ ܗܢܝܢܐ ܐܚܝ ܐܢ ܐܢܫ ܐܡܪ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܝ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܘܥܒܕܐ ܠܝܬ ܠܗ ܕܠܡܐ ܡܫܟܚܐ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܗ ܕܬܚܝܘܗܝ

16 word entries
ܡܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܢܐ
Transliteration
mn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
257
ܗܢܝܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hnyn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܐܚܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܚܝ
Transliteration
'hy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
116
ܐܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
417
ܐܢܫ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܢܫ
Transliteration
'nsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
323
ܐܡܪ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܐܡܪ
Transliteration
emar
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
885
ܕܐܝܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
d'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
229
ܠܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܝ
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
440
ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hymnwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
65
ܘܥܒܕܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'bd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
ܠܝܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܝܬ
Transliteration
lyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
129
ܠܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1592
ܕܠܡܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dlm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
81
ܡܫܟܚܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mshkh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
29
ܗܝܡܢܘܬܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hymnwth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
8
ܕܬܚܝܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dthywhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Quid proderit, fratres mei, si fidem quis dicat se habere, opera autem non habeat? numquid poterit fides salvare eum?

19 word entries
quid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quid
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
proderit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
prosum
Transliteration
proderit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
53
fratres
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
frater
Transliteration
fratres
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1060
mei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
meus
Transliteration
mei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4586
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
fidem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fides
Transliteration
fidem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
294
quis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
dicat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
se
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sui
Transliteration
se
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1317
habere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
opera
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
opus
Transliteration
opera
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
656
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
habeat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habeat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
numquid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
numquid
Transliteration
numquid
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
408
poterit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
possum
Transliteration
poterit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
881
fides
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fides
Transliteration
fides
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
294
salvare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
saluo
Transliteration
salvare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
154
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Luke 6:49

But those who have listened and not acted on what they have heard may be compared to a person who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The river swept down on it, and the house immediately collapsed; and great was the crash that followed.”

19 relevance votes

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable and disobedient and useless for any good work.

18 relevance votes

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Yes, and for this reason do your best to supplement your faith by goodness, goodness by knowledge,

9 relevance votes

James 2:26

Just as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.

8 relevance votes

Hebrews 13:9

Do not let yourselves be carried away by the various novel forms of teaching. It is better to rely for spiritual strength on the divine help, than on regulations regarding food; for those whose lives are guided by such regulations have not found them of service.

7 relevance votes

Galatians 5:6

If we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.

7 relevance votes

Hebrews 11:17

It was faith that enabled Abraham, when put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice – he who had received the promises offering up his only son,

7 relevance votes

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Someone, indeed, may say – “You are a man of faith, and I am a man of action.” “Then show me your faith,” I reply, “apart from any actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions.”

5 relevance votes

Titus 3:8

This saying is trustworthy! And it is on these subjects that I want you to lay special emphasis, so that those who have learned to trust in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing good. Such subjects are excellent in themselves, and of benefit to all.

4 relevance votes

Matthew 5:20

Indeed I tell you that, unless you obey God’s commands better than of the teachers of the Law, and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

4 relevance votes

Acts 8:21

You have no share or part in our message, for your heart is not right with God.

4 relevance votes

Acts 15:9

He made no distinction between them and us, when he purified their hearts by their faith.

3 relevance votes
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