As I have always said, it was always by grace thru faith.
My point was that, in time past, faith required a work to be done. Hebrews 11 gave many examples of the different types of works God required from Man.
If a gentile had to become a Jew in order to be saved in time past, that is considered a work too.
My point was that, in time past, faith required a work to be done. Hebrews 11 gave many examples of the different types of works God required from Man.
If a gentile had to become a Jew in order to be saved in time past, that is considered a work too.
Let's not look for a contradiction where there is none.
But as Paul said in Romans 3:23 and 4:5, its only in the "but now" time period, that the righteousness of God thru faith, apart from works, has been revealed.
And in the age to come, faith will once again require works, such as feeding and giving shelter to the Jews, not taking the mark of the beast, enduring to the end, and so on.
And in the age to come, faith will once again require works, such as feeding and giving shelter to the Jews, not taking the mark of the beast, enduring to the end, and so on.