The Five Solas:

The five solas are a set of Latin phrases that encapsulate the biblical gospel. Sola, is Latin for “alone” or “only”. The five solas are still relevant today and are regarded as fundamental tenets concerning the doctrine of salvation:

• Sola Scriptura: Scripture alone: 1 Peter 1:23 (MEV): 23 *for you have been born again, not from perishable seed, but imperishable, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.
• Solus Christus: Christ alone: Acts 4:12 (MEV): 12 *There is no salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
• Sola Fide: Faith alone: Romans 3:28 (MEV): 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the works of the law.
• Sola Gratia: Grace alone: Ephesians 2:8–9 (MEV): 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, 9 not of works, so that no one should boast.
• Soli Deo Gloria: To the glory of God alone: John 5:44 (MEV): 44 *How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

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¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. For it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. ¹⁷ For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith. As it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”  (Romans 1:16–17, MEV)

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