In contrast toRomans 3:28

Paul: justified by faith apart from works. James: faith without works is dead. Two sides of the same reality.

“We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.”

The same threadJohn 15:5

A branch that abides in the vine bears fruit; genuine faith naturally produces works.

“I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”

In contrast toEphesians 2:8-9

Paul's 'justified by faith apart from the works of the law,' while James insists real faith works. The same Spirit wrote both.

“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast.”

In parallel with (this verse)James 2:26

James' own summary: a body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.

“For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.”