Paul: only faith saves (Ro 1:5, 3:20, 21, 28; 4:2, 5; 5:6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 5:1, 8, 10;
Gal 2:16, 3:11; Eph 2:8-9)
James: nature of saving faith is accompanied by obedience, or it is not saving faith
And do you have difficulty with analogies?
My statement:
Faith alone saves,
but faith is never alone.
is no more folly than the statement:
Elin alone knit the sweater,
but Elin is never alone.
Or, are you having problems with just grammar?
Gal 2:16, 3:11; Eph 2:8-9)
James: nature of saving faith is accompanied by obedience, or it is not saving faith
And do you have difficulty with analogies?
My statement:
Faith alone saves,
but faith is never alone.
is no more folly than the statement:
Elin alone knit the sweater,
but Elin is never alone.
Or, are you having problems with just grammar?
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It's an analogy, not an application.
Yes, true saving faith is never alone (it always includes obedience).
But counterfeit faith, which has no works (obedience), is alone; in fact, it's spiritually dead, and is not true faith at all.