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To: ebb tide

St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians: “6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Sounds more like works are the proof of faith, but faith is what saves.

Unless you are saying that the Bible contradicts itself?


252 posted on 11/29/2017 6:15:07 PM PST by Luircin
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To: Luircin; metmom; Iscool
[14] What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? James Chapter 2.

Did Luther cherry-pick the above out your "bible"?

290 posted on 11/29/2017 8:29:15 PM PST by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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