That phrase is so often quoted out of context and contrary to Luther’s intention, that I thought I’d post the entire context of the phrase. It’s from a letter he wrote to Melanchthon in 1521.
If you are a preacher of grace, then preach a true and not a fictitious grace; if grace is true, [...]
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“Sin Boldly” in Context
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The Heidelberg Disputation: Thesis XXIV
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“Yet that wisdom [law of God] is not of itself evil, nor is the law to be evaded; but without the theology of the cross man misuses the best in the worst manner” (Luther, 1518).




