# Yet someone may say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Possible meanings are 1) James describes how someone might argue against his teaching and how he would respond to that person or 2) James describes how someone might support his teaching.

# "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

'You believe in God and I do good things.' Prove to me that you can believe in God without doing anything, and I will prove to you that I believe in God by what I do".