Are good works required to earn salvation?
No. Works do not buy the gift. They grow from the life God put in you.
Saved by grace through faith. Then we are God’s workmanship, created for good works.
James is not canceling Paul. A living faith does something. Dead faith talks and never moves.
Works are not the purchase price. They are fruit.
Verses
- Ephesians 2:8-10 — Gift — then workmanship.
- James 2:14-18 — Faith without works is dead.
- Galatians 5:6 — Faith working through love.
A next step. Receive the gift again. Then do the next loving work without using it as payment.