what does it profit? – Grace Evangelical Society

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what does it profit?

Are You Getting Paid to Help Others?*

May 12, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - James 2:14-17, Motivation For Serving, Profitable, what does it profit?

*This blog was originally published on March 28:2016. It has been slightly revised. Let’s say that every Christian was paid daily by God for the work he did that day. He’d be paid for use of his time, talent, and treasure to help the poor and needy, love his spouse and kids, be hospitable, let

Are You Guilty of Having a Non-Profit Religion? (James 2:14)

November 9, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - James 2:14, James 2:16, what does it profit?

James 2:14 begins with the three Greek words ti to ophelos. These three words are found only one other time in the NT. Guess where? James repeats them two verses later! These words are translated in four different, but related, ways in the leading English translations: What does it profit…? (NKJV, MEV, KJV, RSV, ASV).