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How do we know that salvation cannot be achieved by works?

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The Bible states that through the law, no flesh will be justified, demonstrating the impossibility of salvation by works.

Paul emphasizes throughout Romans that attempting to achieve salvation through personal obedience to the law is futile. In Romans 2:25, he argues that circumcision only profits if one keeps the law, which no one has done. The failure to keep even a single commandment renders one guilty before God (James 2:10). This establishes that salvation cannot come from our own efforts but must come through faith in Christ, the one who perfectly fulfilled the law on behalf of sinners.
Scripture References: Romans 2:25, James 2:10

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