James 2:15. To prove the uselessness of a barren faith, the apostle illustrates the subject by showing the uselessness of a barren charity, which every one will at once admit; and this illustration is the more appropriate, as love is the indispensable attendant on a living faith the instrument by which it works (Galatians 5:6).

If a brother or sister a Christian brother or sister a fellow-believer bringing forward more strongly our duty to assist them, and our culpability if we refuse such assistance.

be naked and destitute of daily food be reduced to a state of extreme destitution. By daily food is meant the food necessary for each day.

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Old Testament