James 2:24

James Moffatt - New Testament

You observe it is by what he does that a man is justified, not simply by what he believes.

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We hold a man is justified by faith apart from deeds of the Law altogether.

and the scripture was fulfilled: Abraham believed God, and this was counted to him as righteousness — he was called God's friend.

So too with Rahab the harlot. Was she not justified by what she did, when she entertained the scouts and got them away by a different road?