What is the biblical basis for the belief that good works are the fruits of faith?

It is common for Protestant doctrinal statements to say that good works are the fruits of faith. For example: > We confess that *good works are necessary fruits of faith* in the life of a Christian and that they proceed from a renewed heart that is thankful to God for His mercy and love. Although there is no human cooperation in the matter of one’s conversion and justification, there is a cooperation on the part of the regenerate Christian in his or her life of sanctification. Good works do not earn or contribute to one’s salvation, *but they naturally flow from the living faith* which is present in the hearts of those who have already been saved by God’s grace alone. ("We Believe, Teach and Confess ," Evangelical Lutheran Synod, italics added) And: > Although *good works, which are the fruits of faith,* and follow after justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and *spring out of a true and lively faith,* insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known as a tree is discerned by its fruit. (The Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church , italics added) What is the biblical basis for the belief that good works are the fruits of faith? Please note that I am *not* asking whether good works are necessary for salvation, whether people of faith should do good works, and so on. Nor am I asking for the biblical basis of good works being a result of being saved, flowing from Christ, and so on. I am asking specifically for the biblical basis of the belief that good works are the fruits of *faith,* the result of *faith,* flow from *faith,* and similar formulations. Does the Bible anywhere state this clearly? If not, what Bible passages are quoted by Protestant churches and major Protestant theologians to support this belief, and how do they interpret those passages to support it?