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"Nope. It is what the Bible says in context." LOL, riiiiight. Context minus the portions Luther threw out because he accepted the authority of self-appointed, anti-Christ, anti-Christian, Pharisees rather than the authority of Christ, the Apostles, and fifteen hundred years of accepted Christian teaching as well as other limitations chosen for convience sake. Sure, context as Self defines context for the convienence of Self at any given moment. Exactly the sort of "context" that twists the simple, direct, statement of "not by faith alone" into "that's a different kind of faith because otherwise I'd have to be inconvienenced". Protestantism is and always has been the same lie Eve swallowed. The lie that the individual can rely on their Self and Self Alone rather than submitting to and obeying God. I'll pray for you.

And what parts did Luther "throw out"?

Or are you going to claim that he added the words faith alone to the Bible??

What part of Romans did he toss, or of the Gospels, etc.

You made the claim, you gotta back it up.

Not sure what part of John 3:16 you disagree with.

Maybe you don't like this one either:

Romans 10:9 "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved."

Romans 10:13 "for whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved."

or this one

Eph 2:8-9 "for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, that no one should boast."

You will never hear me say one doesn't have to submit to God. Part of that submission is the faith part.

No one needs a priest to explain this. The Bible is clear on these issues; if one just reads it in its proper context.

And what parts did Luther "throw out"?

He threw these parts out of his life.

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.