 | Francis Close - 1825 - 244 pagina’s
...expression he means any true believer in Jesus Christ,) " if a brother or sister," if any fellow Christian " be naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you...which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?" And thus we may ask, if you are offering prayers to God continually to show pity upon the destitute,... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 490 pagina’s
...love to all mankind, goodness of - heart," &c. Hear St. James : " If a brother or sister be na" ked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto...which are needful to the body ; "what doth it profit ?" James, ii. 15, 16. 4. " That giving to the poor is not mentioned in St. Paul's "description of charity,... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1825 - 152 pagina’s
...my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and...notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful for the body ; — what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead, being alone."... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1825 - 150 pagina’s
...profit, my brethren if a man say he hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith save him ? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and...notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful for the body ; — what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead, being alone."... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 502 pagina’s
...goodness of heart," &c. Hear St. James : "If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, L2 and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace ; be...which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit?" (James, ii. 15, 16.) 4. " That giving to the poor is not mentioned in St. Paul's description of charity,... | |
 | Charles Walker - 1826 - 44 pagina’s
...must do something, or cease to pray for this object. He feels the force of the sacred declaration — "If a brother or a sister be naked and destitute of...which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ?" The existence of an Education Society, relieves him from the dilemma. Into the treasury of that... | |
 | John Scott - 1826 - 648 pagina’s
...is to be performed with an open and a liberal hand, the same apostle informs us, James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of...which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? That is, if, instead of food and raiment, you only give him fair words and good wishes, what doth... | |
 | John Scott - 1826 - 650 pagina’s
...is to be performed with an open and a liberal hand, the same apostle informs us, James ii. 15, 16. If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of...which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? That is, if} instead of food and raiment, you only give him fair words and good wishes, what doth... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1826 - 858 pagina’s
...he hath faith, and have not works ? Can faith — can such a faith — save him?" " If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food, and one...which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit?" What sincerity, what worth is there in such professions of kindness ? What benefit do they confer on... | |
 | 1847 - 660 pagina’s
...from him, bow divelleth the love of God in him (1 John iii. 17) ? If a brother or sister be naked, or destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them,...which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit (James ii. 6)? Let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth (1 John iii. 18).... | |
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If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 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? 
