Ah, so now you imagine scripture is errant? What do you base your faith on?
See the Pharisee and the tax collector. Which one was really obedient? Which one felt like God owed him salvation?
You are not comprehending my argument. Scripture is not errant, but James would be contradicting Genesis 15:6 (And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness,” and Paul “Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, (Rom 4:6) by stating “Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only”, (2:24) IF that is understood to mean that works of faith merit eternal life, rather than teaching what manner of faith is salvific, that being one which will confess/evidence saving faith, and which works “fulfill” or manifest that he possessed a complete, saving faith.