One of the proof texts Protes­tants very often cite in order to defend their doc­trine of sola fide—that we are jus­ti­fied by faith alone—is Eph­esians 2:8–9. Here is how it reads in the RSV-CE: For ...
Christ "has broken down the dividing wall. . . . that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the ...