Passage

Words without practical help

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹⁷Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.

James 2:17World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The writer calls faith without works dead after describing kind words offered without practical help.

The example wishes someone warmth and food without providing what the body needs. The following challenge asks how faith can be shown without works.

What is missing from the kind words in the example?