Whether James consciously corrected an abuse of Paul’s teaching or not, he certainly corrected an erroneous concept of faith. Adolf Schlatter, a Swiss scholar, said it this way: That I say I have faith cannot possibly free me from sin, guilt, and punishment. How could something I say be my deliverance? Not that I say I have faith, but that I exercise faith, that saves me, situates me in God’s peace, brings me God’s grace, and is my righteousness before God.… If faith gave me merely words, then it