James 2:14-17

"Of what benefit is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but he does not have works? That faith cannot save him, can it? If a brother or a sister is lacking clothing and enough food for the day, yet one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and well fed," but you do not give them what they need for their body, of what benefit is it?" So, too, faith by itself, without works, is dead."

Mere words ("lip service") are not going to help meet the physical needs of the brothers/sisters in a practical way.

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