“Through faith” does not mean “by faith alone”.
Eph 2:10 teaches that good works are necessary alongside faith; it is grace that cannot be earned. It is funny how the Prtestant quote-proofing always misses the important parts of the quote.
Eph 2:10 teaches that good works are necessary alongside faith; it is grace that cannot be earned. It is funny how the Prtestant quote-proofing always misses the important parts of the quote.
Do you have a reading comprehension problem? "not as a result of works, that no one should boast."
Do we do good works? Yes we do. No one denies that. But those works, as Paul noted, are not what saves us. "For by grace you have been saved through faith...."
Ephesians 2:8 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.
Now it's after having been saved by grace that the works show up.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
It is funny how the Prtestant Catholics quote-proofing always misses the important parts of the quote.