Faith Without Works
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FAITH WITHOUT WORKS A famous passage in the Epistle of St. James reads: “Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. … But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” (2:14–26). Seen by early commentators as a practical qualification to St. Paul’s emphasis on faith alone as the entitlement to salvation, among some of the Reformers (especially Luther) this passage seemed to undermine the canonicity of the Epistle.
See also faith; grace, works.
Jeffrey, D. L. (1992). A Dictionary of biblical tradition in English literature. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
