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Do you see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only? --James 2:24

473 posted on 04/26/2008 5:59:21 AM PDT by Petronski (When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth, voting for Hillary.)

Hey, you’re supposed to ignore that verse! Either that or give it such a strained and warped interpretation that it somehow means the exact opposite of what is clearly written! In other words, how dare you!

476 posted on 04/26/2008 11:45:40 AM PDT by theanonymouslurker

Do you see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only? --James 2:24

There are two meanings to the word justified.

1. The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; http://www.webster-dictionary.net/d.aspx?w=Justification

James is speaking of the second, Paul is speaking about the first.

Rom.4: 2] For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. [3] For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. [4] Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. [5] But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

482 posted on 04/27/2008 4:35:32 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration ("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)

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