Protestants Provide the verse(s) which Say salvation is attainable through faith alone?

Answer 1

But one must also read the epistle of St. James, where he clearly states that faith without works is meaningless.

Answer 2

John 3:16
Acts 4:12
Romans 5:8
Eph 2:4-5
Romans 2:23
Romans 5:12
**Romans 6:23
Matt 6:14-15
**Romans 10:9-10
**Romans 10:13
Mark 16:16
John 3:3-5
Acts 2:38
Eph 2:8-9
**Titus 3:5-7

There is a verse that talks about works without faith mean nothing. Faith comes FIRST....works are an outgrowth of our faith. Good works in the lives of the faithful will happen!, but our salvation is not dependant on them. People who confess God on their deathbed will not be rejected...that is the HOPE of the Gospel. It is never too late. My 85 year old grandfather was saved last year! (Praise God)...will he have to "make up" for 85 years of sin inthe time he has remaining? NO!

The ultimate example is the thief on the cross who confessed Jesus as Lord and was saved...just moments before he died. What "good works" did he do? None, but he had faith.
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The other posts are not incorrect But, I'm going to place my beliefs on the actions of Jesus and the thief's salvation speaks volumnes.

Answer 3

The responses above show the same two misunderstdnings that Protestants always demonstrate in discussing this issue. First, when asked to show that salvation is by faith alone, a false belief of Protestant tradition, they immediately produce passages that show salvation is by GRACE alone, a true belief held by all Christians since the time of Christ. And second, they produce passages about "the works of the law", which have no effect on salvation. Again, true but irrelevant to the question being asked. "Works of the Law" are the works of the Mosic Law, the heavy burdens Christ accused the Pharisees of piling upon the people but being unwilling to carry themselves. Of course this kind of work is not unto salvation. The kinds of works that ARE required for salvation are those described in the last paragraph of Matt 25. Notice, God, speaking through Matthew, tells us that those who neglect such works as these "will go off to everlasting punishment". Pretty difficult to misinterpret.

Works do not earn salvation. Faith does not earn salvation. Salvation is a free gift of God. But, like any gift, it must be accepted to be received. The Bible makes it vewry clear, in multiple passages, that faith AND works of Christian charity are the TWO REQUIRED means of accepting the gift of salvation. While neither faith nor works can earn salvation, ignoring faith or ignoring works can result in the forfeiture of salvation.

Answer 4

Ephesians 2

8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
9. Not of works; lest any man should boast

It goes on to say that we should do good works, but these verses show that we are saved through faith

Anyone that says differently should provide specific passages or not comment

Answer 5

Ephesians 2:8-9

Answer 6

Ephesians.......St. Paul says "You are saved by Grace through Faith and not by Works. It is the Gift of God ,least any man boast."
John....They asked John the Baptist "What are the works God would have us do?" He replied,Believe on the one He has sent(Jesus) those who do have eternal life."
I'm doing this from memory,I think it is John 1 and Ephesians 2
We do good works BECAUSE we are saved,not to get saved.As the late great J.Vernon McGee says,"Faith + 0 = Salvation."
Works are the fruit that grow out of a faithful tree.

Answer 7

The answer of TG notwithstanding, one has merely to read Romans 3 in order to get the concept.
28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

So where does works fit in? We learn that the works of the Law is impossible to live by perfectly, and that is God's commandment for those who are going to try. But all of the Law must be lived by perfectly in order to do that:
20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

So we become aware of sin through the knowledge of the Law, and our righteousness gained from it is not possible:
19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

So it brings us to the point of being hopeless. There is nothing gained because we are so incapable of fulfilling it. So in distress we can look to the one who could fulfill the Law, and provide us a way; a ray of hope in truth:
21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

"by the faith OF Jesus Christ", he made it possible for our faith to make the connection because he trusted God before us for it. He made the sonnection with God and we are therefore able also to make the connection because of Jesus.

So there are the verses stating it, and if TG cannot see it, it's not from me that he got his blindness.

Answer 8

Read Eph. 2:8-9. For by grace (unearned forgiveness) you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Read Galatians 2:16-21. Same message. Once saved and filled with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we are free (Rom. 8:1 There is therefore no now condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus). We are not saved by works or justified by works. We demonstrate our love for God by our works, and will be rewarded or not rewarded according to our works. But judgment is only for those who reject Christ.

Answer 9

Yes, this is what the Catholic church argued Luther about. There is so much Scripture that points to "sola fide".

Faith ALONE: this is proved as follows:

1. From the nature of faith itself, because faith is not of ourselves, it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8; Philippians 1:29). It is one of the fruits of the Spirit, and therefore cannot be meritorious (Galatians 5:22). Justifying faith terminates on Christ and in Christ, in his blood and sacrifice, and in the promises of God. Thus it involves trust and dependence, not on one's self, but objectively on Christ. Faith denies it own justifying value, and affirms the sole merit of that on which it trusts (Romans 3:25-26; 4:20-22; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 1:12-13; 1 John 5:10).

2. The believer is justified without the deeds of the law, Romans 3:28; and God justifies the ungodly in Christ, Romans 4:50.

3. Justification is asserted to rest altogether upon a different foundation from works: It is in the name of Christ, 1 Corinthians 6:11; by his blood, Romans 5:9; freely, by his grace, by faith, Romans 3:24-28.

4. Instead of our being justified by good works, such works are rendered possible to us only in that new relationship to God into which we are introduced by justification (Ephesians 2;8-10; Romans. chapters 6 and 7).

Answer 10

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.
~Ephesians 2:8-9 (New International Version)

Answer 11

We are saved by grace, not by works, so that no one can boast.
We are saved by grace alone. Recall that in Acts 16:31 the jailer asked Paul and Silas how to be saved. They responded, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved." The jailer believed and immediately became saved.
Close to 200 times in the New Testament salvation is said to be by faith alone - with no works in sight. Consider the following:
John 3:15 tells us that "everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
John 5:24 says, "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my words and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."
In John 11:25 Jesus says, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies."
John 23:46 says, "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness."
John 20:31 says, "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."
If salvation were not by faith alone, then Jesus' message in the Gospel of John - manifest in the above quotations - would be deceptive, stating that there is one condition for salvation when there are allegedly two - faith and works.
I must emphasize that we are saved by faith for works. Works are not the condition of our salvation, but a consequence of it We are saved not by works, but by the kind of faith that produces works.

Eph 2:8-10 God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this: It is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.