Chains / Atonement
9 passages
Grace and works, without the false choice
The argument the New Testament never settles and did not mean to. Nine passages read in an order that lets both halves stand.
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For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.
Paul's sharpest statement, and the one most often quoted alone. Read verse 10 immediately after — 'created in Christ Jesus unto good works' — and the sentence changes shape.