James 2:16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
English “profit” emboldened in James 2:16 was translated from Greek neuter noun 3786 ophelos. In order to follow God’s 2Timothy 2:15, 19-21 directive we need to study every word in each verse containing Greek masculine noun 3781 opheiletes Greek feminine noun 3782 opheile Greek neuter noun 3783 opheilema Greek verb 3784 opheilo it’s past tense Greek particle 3785 ophelon Greek neuter noun 3786 ophelos Greek feminine noun 5622 opheleia Greek verb 5623 opheleo and Greek adjective 5624 ophelimos which is from Greek neuter noun 3786 ophelos. The aforementioned 9 Greek words are all subsequent to the debt we owe relative to the price God paid for us on a Roman cross. Each word associated with profitability is pursuant to paying our debt by doing God’s will that God defined for us in Joel 2:28-32 Luke 3:6 Romans 11:26-32 Romans 14:10-13 John 1:9 Acts 24:15 2 Peter 3:9 Romans 8:19-21 Ephesians 1:10 and 1Timothy 2:3-4.
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