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So where does that leave our proud Jewish insider claims and counterclaims? Canceled? Yes, canceled. What we've learned is this: God does not respond to what we do; we respond to what God does.

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Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith.

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Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

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Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds. It is based on our faith.