The Ransom for All

Is one justified by faith or is one justified by works? Do Paul and James disagree regarding justification? “Faith without works is dead.”- James 2:20 MANY have supposed that there is doctrinal conflict between the apostle Paul and James, the former holding faith as the important feature of Christianity, the latter insisting that works take precedence. More or less this conflict of thought has come down the ages and is with us today; indeed, some who take the view who believe that justification is by faith alone have often, in effect, said that James was wrong in what he stated. We hold that there was no such conflict between the two Bible writers, and that the subject, rightly understood, leaves no room for disputation. Paul insists that none could be justified by works of the law, because none could obey that law perfectly, and that, therefore, all Jews were under condemnation along with the whole world. (Romans 3:8-31; Galatians 2:16; 3:11) He points out that the original...