By Faith Alone?

Does Romans 2:6-16 jive with being saved by faith alone?

Q. Does Romans 2:6-16 jive with being saved by faith alone?

A. This is a good example of what can happen when we take verses out of context. The people to whom Paul is speaking here are the same people he had begun condemning in chapter 1 and the beginning of chapter 2, and will continue doing well into chapter 3. We know this because to Paul, the church was neither Jew nor Gentile (1 Cor. 10:32) His purpose in these three chapters was to show beyond a doubt the hopeless condition of natural man. Beginning in chapter 3:21 he introduced the righteousness that doesn’t come from works but from God, a righteousness imputed to believers by faith, that saves us from this condemnation. (Romans 8:1)