Do you see that a man is justified by means of works, and not by faith alone?
For we judge a man to be justified by faith, without the works of the law.
And so the Scripture was fulfilled which says: "Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice." And so he was called the friend of God.
Similarly also, Rahab, the harlot, was she not justified by works, by receiving the messengers and sending them out through another way?