2:25 Who was Rahab the harlot and what did she do?
2:25 Who was Rahab the harlot and what did she do?
(CP Josh 2:1-21; 6:17, 22-25 with He 11:31). Rahab was saved by faith and works combined. She proved her faith by her works. Faith alone would not have saved her, but when faith led to action, she was declared righteous.
What James and the writer of Hebrews says about Rahab is not to be construed as a commendation of her occupation or her lie. It is simply a commendation of the outworking of her faith, which enabled the spies to escape, and God's purpose to be fulfilled.
Rahab obviously stopped being a harlot and lying, which contravene God's law, because she is now in heaven with all the other faith worthies of He 11 (CP He 11:1-40).