KJV Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through theforbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
raklatt (http://raklatt.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Universalism in WELS":
One gets tired of WELS being right about Romans 3:23 and wrong about Romans 3:24.
Should they read one more verse, Romans 3:25, they would learn something about faith being important in the propitiation, and that it was Jesus who was declared righteous, not us.
That is so important that Paul repeats it in Romans 3:26.
How is it that the WELS sophists continually ignore what they are being told in Scriptures?
The news gives us sound-bites. The WELS gives us word-bites. Both are incomplete, misleading and often very, very wrong.
Read on. Study well.
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