James Chapter 2 verse 15 Holy Bible
If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,
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If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
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Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
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If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
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And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
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and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 15, 16. - Observe the practical character of the illustration chosen, from works of mercy (cf. James 1:27). Ωσι in ver. 15 should be deleted (omitted by B, C, K); also the disjunctive particle δὲ at the commencement of the verse (with א, B).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) But (the word should be added, for it continues an argument) if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food--i.e., the food for each day, not that which suffices for one, or for a present distress; the case is rather of worst and direst want, so that the heart untouched by the spectacle of such misery must be hard indeed.