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William MacDonald

James does not say that the man in today's verse has faith. The man himself says he has faith, but if he really had saving faith, he would have works also. His faith is a matter of words only, and that kind of faith cannot save anyone. Words without works are dead.

Salvation is not by works. Neither is it by faith plus works. Rather it is by the kind of faith that results in good works.

Why then does James say in verse 24 that a man is justified by works? Isn't this a flat...

Bible Verses: James 2:14Romans 8:33Romans 3:24Romans 5:1Romans 5:9Romans 4:25James 2:24James 2:21James 2:25

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Samuel Bagster

Not everyone who says … , “Lord, Lord,” shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. § Pursue … holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. § Add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord...

Bible Verses: James 2:26Matthew 7:21Hebrews 12:142 Peter 1:52 Peter 1:62 Peter 1:72 Peter 1:82 Peter 1:92 Peter 1:10Ephesians 2:8Ephesians 2:9

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Samuel Bagster

What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? … Faith … , if it does not have works, is dead.By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son … concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead. § Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? … You see then that a man is justified by...

Bible Verses: John 16:31James 2:14James 2:17Hebrews 11:17Hebrews 11:19James 2:21James 2:24James 1:25Matthew 7:20Matthew 7:21John 13:17

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