Which statement is NOT listed as a false idea about James 2:10 in the material?

• A. So-called 'little' sins are not as 'big' sins.
• B. One sin is not as bad as many sins.
• C. Certain 'big' sins or many little sins can cause us to lose our salvation.
• D. Faith without works saves freely.

Answer: (D)

James 2:10 teaches that the law’s standard is absolute: if you violate even one point, you are guilty of breaking all of it. That makes sense of why the ideas that some sins are minor, or that one sin is not as bad as many, are false. If the law sets the standard for all, then no sin should be treated as harmless or insignificant in terms of judgment. It also challenges the notion that big sins or a long string of little sins could somehow cost you salvation in a simple, additive way, because the passage is focused on the integrity of the law and the need for genuine faith to be demonstrated—not on tallying sins to determine salvation.

The statement about faith without works saving freely isn’t treated as a false idea within the material's discussion of James 2:10, since that material distinguishes between justification by faith and the evidence of faith by works. In that context, the claim that faith without works saves freely isn’t the point being tested by this verse and its listed misunderstandings, so it isn’t categorized there as a false idea.