DOES ANY PART OF THE BIBLE TEACH THAT MAN CAN BE SAVED WITHOUT WORKS?
No. The passages that some people suppose teach such a doctrine are not fully understood by them. Paul and Silas said to the jailer, when he asked them what he should do to be saved,
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved and thy house." (Acts 16: 31).
They knew that the jailer could not truly believe without obeying. That he did obey is shown by the words that follow:
"And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway." (Acts 16: 33).
On the day of Pentecost the Apostle Peter repeated these words from the prophecy of Joel:
"And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Acts 2: 21).
But on the same occasion he commanded every one of them to repent and be baptized. (Acts 2: 38).
St. Paul says,
"A man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." (Romans 3: 28).
It is made plain by other remarks which he makes in the same connection that he refers to the Jewish law, and not to deeds of righteousness, nor Gospel ordinances. In no place does the Bible teach that faith without works will save.