Faith and Works

II Titus 3:16 states "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine..." yet on the surface of the writings of the authors James and Paul there lays an obviously seeming contradiction between the two authors writings. Paul expresses statements in his epistle to the Romans that "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law"(Romans 3:28); and in Galatians: "Knowing that a man is …

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