There is no interpretation. I agreed literally with what God through Paul literally wrote!
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I can’t see how there can BE any possible other interpretation.
But it really sounds like he’s trying to argue that “Not by works” actually means “Definitely by works.”
“sounds like he’s trying to argue that “Not by works” actually means “Definitely by works.””
Once you buy into a lie, you are forced to support the lie by denying the truth of God’s simple words.
And as you know, the truth is that salvation is by grace through faith and not by works, as God through Paul states.
This is a good example of Sola Scriptura - sufficient for salvation and authoritative as man’s religious ideas shift. God’s Word is eternal and remains.
Thank God for blessed Father Luther, who stood up for God’s amazing Word and against us he perversions of his time.