<p>2:25&nbsp;<i>And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers and sent them out another way?</i>- The use of the word &quot;messengers&quot; instead of &quot;spies&quot; implies that the spies came with a message which Rahab believed. The Joshua record stresses how she knew the covenant Name, knew and quoted the words of Moses (Josh. 2:9), and had her roof covered with flax- i.e. linen, perhaps hinting at the righteousness already imputed to her for her faith. The message which the spies brought was probably a call to repentance, or perhaps a statement of the coming destruction of Jericho. Rahab's acceptance of this message based on her knowledge of God's basic principles corresponds to the holding of 'the faith' by the Jewish Christians. Her sending out of the spies another way was the 'works' that came as a natural response to her true faith. Her hiding of the spies, courageous lying to the Jericho Gestapo or putting the cord out of the window as a public testimony to her separation were her physical 'works'- but these are not chosen as an example of her 'faith-works'. Her scheming to enable the spies to safely return to Joshua by them going out &quot;another way&quot; and thereby enabling the campaign against Jericho to begin, showed her real &quot;works&quot;. She believed their message about the destruction of Jericho, therefore in faith she enabled the spies to return to bring this about. Rahab was &quot;justified... <i>when</i>...&quot;, again showing that justification or faith being made perfect (v.22) is something that can occur at a specific moment after reaching a certain degree of faith which has been expressed in actions (cp. Abraham looking up at the stars and believing). The implication here in v.25 is that the moment the spies were sneaking through the outskirts of Jericho following her directions, Rahab was justified.</p>