The Ransom for All

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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...

{Romans 5:12} Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed upon all for that all have sin. -- Restoration Light Improved. We should first note that some believe that we are not all dying because of Adam's sin, because of the way Romans 5:12 is rendered in almost all translations. They would claim that Romans 5:12 says all die because of their own sin. The first part of the verse, however, definitely shows that sin entered into the world by means of one man. Subsequent verses show that all are condemned by that one man's sin. Thus, the latter part of verse 12, however it may be rendered, should be understood in harmony with the context. We should not separate the final part of verse 12 from the context and use it to claim that all are not dying because of Adam's sin, but each dies because of individual sin. In most translations, the latter part of the verse states something like the World English, which states, ...