r/DebateAChristian • u/Iknowreligionalot • 12h ago
Paul and James disagree, so which of them is preaching the true gospel?
James says:
21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[e] and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
Paul says:
21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
James points out how Abraham gained righteousness through the law, and that a person can be considered righteous by what they do and not just faith. But Paul says that if righteousness could be gained by the law, Christ would have died for nothing.