Following are a number of back-translations of James 2:14:

• Uma: “All my relatives! What is the use if we say we believe in the Lord, and our behavior doesn’t follow his desire/will. Will we be freed from the punishment of our sins if our faith is like that? No indeed!” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “My brothers, if there is a person who says that he trusts in Isa Almasi, but his doings are not right, there is no use in that trust of his. That trust of his will not be able to take him to heaven.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “There is no value in the faith of anybody toward God if his faith cannot be perceived by means of good works. Faith like this is not true and cannot save from punishment.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Brothers, if someone says that he believes in Jesu Cristo but he is doing nothing to show that it is true, of what use is it do-you-suppose? Is it possible do-you-suppose for him to be saved by-means-of that kind of faith?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “My siblings in believing, really nothing will be gained by a person, even though he says, ‘As for me, I am now a believer,’ if there is nothing he is doing which testifies that he now belongs to the Lord. The truth is, with that kind of believing, he won’t be sure of being saved.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “Listen, my dear brethren, the person who says that he is a believer and does not do anything good, says that he is a believer in vain. Can the person be saved who only says that he has faith?” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)