<Dd> 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written . 25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision . </Dd> <P> Martin Luther described Paul's letter to the Romans as "the most important piece in the New Testament . It is purest Gospel . It is well worth a Christian's while not only to memorize it word for word but also to occupy himself with it daily, as though it were the daily bread of the soul". </P> <P> Luther controversially added the word "alone" (allein in German) to Romans 3: 28 so that it read: "thus, we hold, then, that man is justified without doing the works of the law, alone through faith". The word "alone" does not appear in the original Greek text, but Luther defended his translation by maintaining that the adverb "alone" was required both by idiomatic German and Paul's intended meaning . This is a "literalist view" rather than an literal view of the Bible . </P> <P> Apologist James Swan lists numerous Catholic sources that also translated Romans 3: 28 with the word "alone," or testified to others doing so before Luther . A Bible commentary published in 1864 reports that: </P>

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