Good works are the result of our salvation; not the cause of it.
James says a faith without good works is not a true faith since true faith brings with it the fruit of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
Was that easier for you to understand? All one color and much shorter.
Oh, were you assuming I didn’t understand? I certainly did.
It was the haughtiness and the unnecessary bolding that were so off-putting.
James is not referring to a faith which is not a true faith. That’s reading more into the Scripture than is there.