We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.


Disputation against Scholastic Theology (1517), Thesis 40, in The Freedom of a Christian, M. Tranvik, trans. (2008), p. 74


We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.