Verse 17— Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Now, if your simple statement to the distressed brother or sister did not clothe them, did not feed them, just that certain it is that faith, if it have no works, is dead also, being alone. Had you, with your saying to the brother or sister, "be ye warmed," at the same time given them rai­ment, and "be ye filled," given them food, the contrary would have resulted. It would have profited the distressed. So, faith exhibiting itself in works is not alone, consequently living, and not dead.