For God does not want to save us by our own but by an extraneous right…

Martin Luther
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For God does not want to save us by our own but by an extraneous righteousness, one that does not originate in ourselves but comes to us from beyond ourselves, which does not arise on earth but comes from heaven. ✨ Martin Luther (1961). Lectures on Romans, p.4, Westminster John Knox Press
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