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:Yep. "What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? ''can that faith save him?''" And also, "Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?" Luther tried to remove the Book of James from his German Bible translation - in the end, though, he couldn't justify it, so he stuck the epistle in his appendix instead. However, Luther ''did'' remove the deuterocanon from the Bible, because the Jews decided (long after Jesus came) not to include it in their canon. Apparently, even though the reformers claimed the Bible is the sole authority ("Sola Scriptura"), they felt like they had the authority to say what the Bible is! :P -- [[User:P.B. Pilhet|P.B. Pilhet]] / [[User talk:P.B. Pilhet|Talk]] 08:00, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
: Thank you for your comments. I guess if the great religious thinkers on both sides haven't been able to resolve the issue and come to an agreement, then we'll not either. My own view is that James 2 and other similar passagess are talking about how real faith results in a transformed life with holy and righteous living. Thus if someone becomes a Christian and doesn't gradually change to become more obedient to God with time, then that person probably doesn't really believe what he says he does - i.e. he doesn't have a genuine faith. --[[User:Graham grove|Graham]] 20:10, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
