James 2:14–26 warns against reducing Christianity to a faith of empty words, void of action. While we are not part of God’s family because of what we do, the faith that saves is never alone, it is living and active. James points us to Rahab and Abraham, where we see faith both proclaimed and demonstrated through mercy and obedience, even when trust in God was costly. Saved by grace through faith, believers are called to a living faith that bears fruit and longs for God’s righteousness.