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James did not contradict the Apostle Paul, who insisted that we are saved not of works (Ephesians 2:9). James merely clarifies for us the kind of faith that saves. We are saved by grace through faith, not by works; but saving faith will have works that accompany it.
I think that James is using James 2:14-26 in two ways. First, he continues to address the sin against the poor. Secondly, he is giving instruction in this section that applies to all of life. As we consider the rest of the Letter of James we should not forget this section of scripture!
30 gru 2022 · First, in James 2:14-17, he tells us that it’s not enough just to claim that we believe: What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? There’s the principle—it’s not enough just to claim that we believe.
30 cze 2017 · James Was Addressing Believers, Not Unbelievers. The idea that James was addressing both believers and unbelievers is inconsistent with what James wrote. Fourteen times in the letter he calls the readers “brethren,” “my brethren,” or even “my beloved brethren” (e.g., Jas 1:1, 16, 19; 2:1, 5, 14; 3:1). Unbelievers were not brothers ...
Faith Without Works is Unhelpful: James illustrates how it is not useful to have faith but to fail to take action. If someone is suffering, and a believer merely wishes them well, rather than helping, what good is that? If we do not add action to our faith, our faith grows cold and inert.
This verse is a summary of what follows. What doth it profit — Of what advantage is it to him, though, or if, a man say he hath faith — It is not if he have faith, but if he say he hath it. Here, therefore, true, living faith is meant. But in other parts of the argument the apostle speaks of a dead imaginary faith.
4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves? or, are ye not condemned in yourselves. This may be read affirmatively as well as interrogatively, but the sense would be the same, for he amplifies the fault by this, that they took delight and indulged themselves in so great a wickedness.
