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“Men are justified by faith alone,” wrote an old Puritan divine, “but the faith that justifies is never alone.” This is a succinct statement of the truth articulated by Paul, under the inspiration of the Spirit, in Ephesians 2:8-10: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship,...

V. THE VANITY OF A BARREN FAITH (2:14–26) (In 2:1–13, James has been discussing faith which did not produce the fruits of love and mercy. Now in 2:14–26, he enlarges upon this subject and discusses faith which produces no fruit at all. Does James in these verses contradict Paul concerning the way of salvation? Some say “yes.” Some in the early church believed that James taught salvation by works and this caused the canonicity of the epistle to be questioned for many years. Martin Luther called James’
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