necessary constituent part of faith. Without deeds faith is not really true faith—it is only a shadow, a shade, an impostor of true faith. True Faith, Dead Faith (2:18–20) JAMES NOW OFFERS a rational argument in order to show that while there may be a type of “faith” that does not issue forth in deeds, such faith is dead; it has no saving power. True faith, he insists, always changes the heart and therefore results in acts of mercy and compassion. “But someone will say, ‘You have faith; I have deeds.’