I didn't say what it means...What do those verses mean to you???
I already said. Read the passages from the Church Fathers that I posted. That’s what they mean to me.
Scriptural verses must be understood in the light of their contradictory verses on an equal playing field.
Romans 3 doesn’t take priority over Romans 2 or James 2 for that matter.
I see a distinct Gnostic dualism in the false Protestant opposition of faith and keeping the commandments.
What matters is the heart of the individual and why they do works. Self-righteous works are dead works and are fruits of a dead faith.
So what makes a living faith versus a dead one? Answer that.