The first and chief article is this: Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, died for our sins and was raised again for our justification. He alone is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, and God has laid upon Him the iniquities of us all. All have sinned and are justified freely, without their own works or merits, by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, in His blood. This is necessary to believe. This cannot otherwise be gasped by any work, law, or merit. Therefore, it is clear and certain that this faith alone justifies us.
~BOC, SA, II, I, 1-4
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