Oecumenius, on Jas 2:26

“For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead.”

“For even as the body without the spirit is dead: so also faith without works is dead. "faith without works is dead." James says faith which is after baptism. For faith without works profits nothing, except that it makes us liable to a still greater punishment, who indeed have received the talent, yet have not returned the gain. From which the Lord also teaches us that after baptism good works are necessary for us, since after being baptized by John he went to the desert and undertook struggles against the Devil. (Matt. 4:1) Paul also exhorts those who had already received the mysteries, saying: "Let us strive to enter into that rest." (Heb. 4:4) As if faith were not enough, but purity of life should also be added, and great diligence should be applied to this.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.