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The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
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This is no refutation at all. Just offering your opinion.
As to "assuming", your view does that by the phrase "then what he's (James) is saying is that someone just claiming to have faith. James makes NO inference to what people CLAIM or SAY. His point is about what people believe.
2:18 proves that by the non rhetorical request: "show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by what I do."
Please tell me in your own words what v.18 is communicating.
First off, here's v 14.
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? (James 2:14 ESV)
I'm not making assumptions. It is what he says.
Verse 18 is just continuing his argument. In a nutshell, his argument is that you can say all day long that you have faith, but without works, there's no evidence. I, however, don't even need to say I have faith because it's evidenced by my works.
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