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> [When some say that good works are forbidden when we preach faith alone, it is as if I said to a sick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/when-some-say-that-good-works-are-forbidden-when-we-preach-faith/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [Therefore, when some say good works are forbidden when we preach faith alone, it is as if I said to a sick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/therefore-when-some-say-good-works-are-forbidden-when-we-preach-faith/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [“When some people say, as they do, that when we preach faith alone good works are forbidden, it is as if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/when-some-people-say-as-they-do-that-when-we-preach-faith-alone-good/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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## More by Martin Luther

> [“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-was-easy-for-you-to-say-these-things-since-you-either-knew-you/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/in-a-delightful-garden-sowing-planting-or-digging-are-not-hardship/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-you-could-understand-a-single-grain-of-wheat-you-would-die-of/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/he-who-believes-in-god-is-not-careful-for-the-morrow-but-labors/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-made-man-out-of-nothing-and-as-long-as-we-are-nothing-he-can-make/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [“But the truth will win out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/but-the-truth-will-win-out/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-wants-us-to-pray-and-he-wants-to-hear-our-prayers-not-because-we/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-office-subjects-us-to-great-burdens-and-labors-dangers-and/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-faith-in-christ-does-not-free-us-from-works-but-from-false/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-works-of-the-righteous-would-be-mortal-sins-if-they-would-not-be/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/do-not-suppose-that-abuses-are-eliminated-by-destroying-the-object/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/for-we-maintain-that-a-man-is-justified-by-faith-apart-from-observing/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/there-are-only-two-days-on-my-calendar-today-and-the-day-of-judgment/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [ Antichrist is the pope and the Turk \[Muslim\] together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/antichrist-is-the-pope-and-the-turk-muslim-together-a-beast-full-of/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

> [It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-not-the-imitation-that-makes-sons-it-is-sonship-that-makes/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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