This is known as the dcotrine of the Priesthood of all believers. In addition, every believer is a priest before God, with immediate access to him for the forgiveness of sins.
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus ” There is no other requirement.Christ is the one Mediator between God and man and our salvation is accomplished only through His death and resurrection. “Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Regardless of the absence of the precise phrase “faith alone,” the New Testament definitely teaches that salvation is the product of God’s grace in response to our faith. James’s point is that we demonstrate our faith by what we do (James 2:18). Rather, it argues against a salvation that is alone, a salvation devoid of good works and obedience to God’s Word. In summary, James 2:24 does not argue against salvation by faith alone. Many other verses could be referenced in addition to these. John 3:16 declares that salvation is given to “whoever believes in Him.” Acts 16:31 proclaims, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.” Ephesians 2:8 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith.” See also Romans 3:28 4:5 5:1 Galatians 2:16 3:24 Ephesians 1:13 and Philippians 3:9. Any verse that ascribes salvation to faith/belief, with no other requirement mentioned, is a declaration that salvation is by faith alone. While James 2:24 is the only verse that contains the precise phrase “faith alone,” there are many other verses that do, in fact, teach salvation by faith alone. Salvation is by faith alone, but that faith will never be alone. A faith without works is useless (James 2:20) and dead (James 2:17) in other words, it is not true faith at all. The works are the demonstration and proof of faith (James 2:18). A genuine salvation experience by faith in Jesus Christ will inevitably result in good works (cf. The entire James 2:14–26 passage is about proving the genuineness of your faith by what you do. Similarly, the NLT translation of James 2:24 reads, “So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone” (emphasis added). The 2011 NIV provides an excellent rendering of James 2:24: “You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone” (emphasis added). James is using the word justified to mean “being demonstrated and proved.” Paul is using the word justified to mean “declared righteous by God.” Paul is speaking of God’s legal declaration of us as righteous as Christ’s righteousness is applied to our account.
First, we need to clear up a misconception, namely, that James means the same thing by “ justified” in James 2:24 that Paul means in Romans 3:28. The passage definitely seems to cause serious problems for the “salvation by faith alone” concept. James 2:14–26, as a whole, and especially verse 24, has been the subject of some confused interpretations. Second, the Bible does not need to contain the precise phrase “faith alone” in order to clearly teach salvation by faith alone.
First, the context of James 2:24 is not arguing against the doctrine of salvation by faith alone. However, rejecting the doctrine of salvation by faith alone based on this verse has two major problems. James 2:24 reads, “You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone” (ESV). It is entirely true that the one verse in the Bible that contains the exact phrase “faith alone” seems to argue against salvation by faith alone.