King James Version

James 2:15

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before brother here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they may be” (ὦσιν) before the here.

ἐὰνeanIfἐάνconjunction — “If”G1437if.Ifἀδελφὸςadelphosa brotherἀδελφόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a brother”, the subject formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.a brotherἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orἀδελφὴadelphēsisterἀδελφήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “sister”, the subject formG79a sister, a woman (fellow-)member of a church, a Christian woman.sisterγυμνοὶgumnoinakedγυμνός (gumnos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “naked”, the subject formG1131rarely: stark-naked; generally: wearing only the under-garment; bare, open, manifest; mere.nakedὑπάρχωσινhuparchōsinto beὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andλειπόμενοιleipomenoidestituteλείπω (leipō)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “destitute”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3007(earlier: I leave behind, abandon), (a) I am wanting, (b) mid: e.g. with gen: I come behind (in a race), am left behind in, fall short of (some standard), am wanting in.destituteτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐφημέρουephēmerouof dailyἐφήμερος (ephēmeros)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “of daily”, the of-formG2184for the day, daily, necessary for every day.This verse uses “daily”.of dailyτροφῆςtrophēsfoodτροφή (trophē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “food”, the of-formG5160food, nourishment, maintenance.This verse uses “food”.food

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὦσινōsinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

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American Standard Version (1901)

If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

Young’s Literal Translation

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

World English Bible

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

Darby Translation

Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

Douay-Rheims

And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food:

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