faith and works Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
Romans 1:17
A
Paul’s words in his Epistle to the Romans - ‘The one who is righteous will live by faith.’
2
Q
Romans 5:1
A
‘we are justified by faith’
3
Q
Galatians 2:16
A
‘we know that a person is justified not by the works of law but through faith in Jesus Christ’
4
Q
Ephesians 2:8-9
A
‘by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God - not the result of works, so that no one may boast.’
5
Q
REJECTION of James 2:24
A
‘a person is justified by works and not faith alone’ - Luther concluded the Epistle of James was an ‘epistle of straw’ that had ‘nothing of the nature of the Gospel about it’
