Do Paul and James contradict each other about faith and works?

Related objections

1. Is the Bible Full of Contradictions?

   “Skeptics circulate long lists of passages that supposedly contradict each other. If even one of them is a real contradiction, the Bible cannot be the word of a God who does not lie, so the honest thing is to admit the book is full of errors.”

More in Reliability of the Bible

1. Did Paul's Companions Hear the Voice on the Road to Damascus?

   “Acts 9 says the men with Paul heard the voice, but Acts 22 says they did not hear it. The same author contradicts himself about the same event, which shows Acts is not reliable history.”

2. Do Matthew and Acts contradict each other about Judas’s death?

   “Matthew says Judas hanged himself, while Acts says he fell headlong and his body burst open; how can both accounts be true?”

3. Do the Gospels Contradict Each Other About the Women at the Tomb?

   “Each Gospel names a different set of women at the empty tomb, gives a different number of angels, and has them arriving at different times. If the writers cannot agree on the basic facts, the resurrection accounts cannot be trusted.”

4. Does Genesis Contradict Itself About Creation Being Very Good?

   “Genesis 1 says God saw everything he had made and it was very good, yet a few chapters later God regrets making man because every thought of his heart was only evil. Either the creation was not very good, or God did not know what he was making.”