If you interpret it wrongly to say works are necessary than you have to discount all of Romans as false and many other scriptures. As I've said many times scripture must be interpreted so that it all agrees, otherwise you have misunderstood.
Read Romans 13:1-6 and tell me Paul was not a crackpot or a Roman agent. If a witness once gives provable false testimony his testimony is no longer accepted.
How is Paul's statement substantially different than JESUS - ' statement - 'render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's'
Or HIS recognition that Pilate DID have the authority to set HIM free or put him to death.... AND where that 'authority' originated.....
BOTH seem to be an admission that the earthly governments have a place.....
Exactly Muffin. You can't have a conversation with these guys. They are already so full of themselves that there isn't any room for another thought. It's as useless as banging your head against the wall.
