You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do, not by faith alone — the direct statement that dikaioō (justify/declare righteous) depends on ergon (works) appears to contradict Pauline soteriology, yet James clarifies that he discusses faith's demonstration and completion, not its necessity. The Greek mone (alone) is emphatic: it is 'faith alone, apart from works,' that fails to justify. A living faith necessarily produces action, and action proves faith's reality.

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