 When we talk about Cousin Frank in Berlin, in German, we might talk about the Frank, not just any Frank, our Frank, who lives in Berlin. The Frank wrote me something. It isn't just any old Frank, it's our Frank. Well, in this reading, we read that he saved us and called us to a holy life not according to our works. The our isn't in there, as far as I can tell, in Scripture. It's according to the works.