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Actually, the Bible doesn't say we're saved by faith alone, it says we're not saved by faith alone. The reference here is correct, Luther did indeed add his teaching to the Bible when he translated it. He also effectively removed the part of the Bible that says we are saved not by faith alone.
To be correct, "salvation by faith alone" is what men say, saved "not by faith alone is what God's word says.

Mk.16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."

Jn.3:18, 36 "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already .... He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."

Acts 16:30-31 "Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."

Rom.1:16-17 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God salvation to every one that believeth .... As it is written, The just shall live by faith."

Rom.3:20 "By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight."

Rom.3:28 "A man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law."

Rom.4:2 "For if Abraham were justified by works he hath whereof to glory?"

Rom.4:13 "For the promise ... was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith."

Rom.5:1 "Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."

Rom.10:9 "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."

Gal.2:16 "A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ."

Gal.3:11-12 "The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith."

Eph.2:8-9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast."

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost."

You can believe Sola Fide, Sola Christus or Sola Ecclesia, not both. But remember God never promised salvation by works or the church

RnMomof7

Thank you for your post, I appreciate your listing of those wonderful Scriptures which demonstrate the importance of Faith in God. However, if you look at those verses, you will notice that none of them say that we are saved by faith alone. You've listed the verses that you think say we are saved by faith alone, and they're right there in front of you. Look and see, none of them say we are saved by faith alone. As it turns out, nowhere in Bible does it say that we are saved by Faith alone.

Now you also listed a lot of wonderful Scriptures that discuss belief. Let's be very clear about those, they don't juxtapose works versus belief at all, and they definitely, definitely don't say we are saved by belief alone.

"You can believe Sola Fide, Sola Christus or Sola Ecclesia, not both. But remember God never promised salvation by works or the church"

No problem with sola Christus, but let's not oppose Christ to his Church. As for sola fide, that's a man made tradition, it was invented a millennial and a half after the time of Christ. It's unbiblical and anti-scriptural.

I suspect that the tradition "saved by faith alone" may have been taken to an extreme in this case, and that when Scripture says, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved," that you have understood that to mean that you are already saved based on a conversion experience. That doesn't follow as a logical reading of the Scripture. Have I misunderstood your position?