## What good is it, my brothers, if someone say he has faith, but he has no works? ##

James is using a rhetorical question to teach his audience. AT: "It is no good at all, fellow believers, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## someone says he ##

James is indirectly quoting someone who is speaking. "He" refers to the someone who is speaking. ([[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

## Can that faith save him? ##

This is a rhetorical question used to teach James' audience. AT: "That kind of faith will not save him."

## save him  ##

"spare him from God's judgment"

## If a brother...what good is that? ##

Verses 15-16 are a rhetorical question used to teach James' audience. AT: "It is not good at all if a brother..."

## brother or sister ##

"brother or sister in Christ"

## one of you says  ##

"you say"

## is dead  ##

"is worthless."