16 and one of you says to them, "Goodbye, keep warm and have plenty to eat," without giving them the necessaries of life, what good does it do?
James 2:16 Cross References - Goodspeed
Matthew 14:15-16
Matthew 15:32
32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them, "I pity these people for they have been staying with me three days now and they have nothing left to eat, and I do not mean to send them away hungry, for they may give out on the way."
Matthew 25:42-45
42 For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat, and when I was thirsty you gave me nothing to drink,
43 when I was a stranger, you did not invite me home, when I had no clothes, you did not supply me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'
44 Then they in their turn will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or in need of clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait upon you?'
45 Then he will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you failed to do it for one of these people who are humblest, you failed to do it for me.'
Romans 12:9
9 Your love must be genuine. You must hate what is wrong, and hold to what is right.
2 Corinthians 8:8
8 I do not mean this as a command. I only want to test the genuineness of your love by the devotion of others.
1 John 3:16-18
16 We know what love means from the fact that he laid down his life for us; so we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
17 But if someone who is rich sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can he have any love for God in his heart?
18 Dear children, let us love not with words or lips only but in reality and truth.