The works of the law refer to the Levitical holiness code, not to doing works of charity that flow out of your faith.
You can’t have faith without works or works without faith. Salvation won’t come to those who commit evil, but say they love Jesus.
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Good point. Also the epistles were written while the temple works and sacrifice were still happening in history of two thousand years ago. So Paul is comparing the old with the new testament while the old is still being lived by jews of that era. Today reformation people read it wrong. It is out its time.