Good, then you agree with me -- we are saved by GRACE ALONE, we are not saved by faith ALONE
Tell us, oh learned one...when Eph. 2 says "by grace" and "through faith"...what is your big distinction between "by" and "through?"
And secondly, when Paul emphasizes "NOT from yourselves," do you realize that good works cropping up from "ourselves" don't count, either? Do you realize that God only accepts a 100% perfect righteousness, and that Christ IS our Very Righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30)?