Charles Ellicott Commentary James 2:15

"If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food," — James 2:15 (ASV)

But (the word should be added, because it continues an argument) if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food—that is, the food for each day, not that which is sufficient for one, or for a present distress; the case is rather of the worst and most dire need, so that the heart untouched by the spectacle of such misery must be hard indeed.