Paul writes this in Ephesians 2:8-10, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

In many of Paul’s letters in the New Testament emphasizes the first two; we are saved by grace through faith. James is going to come along and in chapter two he’s focusing more on the third area; the good works that we are supposed to do. I heard it put this way, “We’re saved by faith alone.” But faith is never alone. Faith always produces something in our lives. It produces good works.

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