Boasting of having faith and not keeping the law doesn’t sound quite right either. Biblically, a faith that is alive is required. And faith without works is dead.
Only faith, but not dead faith.
Matthew 22:37-40
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
I've said before and I'll keep saying it. I don't believe in a works salvation, I just believe in a salvation that works. If the salvation you have hasn't made you a brand new person, if your sinful lifestyle has not changed, then you don't have the salvation of Biblical Christianity. Because the salvation that God provides through His Son Jesus Christ, will change a person and make that person a brand new creation.
New is different than old, if not then for the purposes of the English language, the Bible means nothing.
“Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent” (John 6:28-29).
“Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father” (I Thessalonians 1:3).
Scripture interprets Scripture.