By grace we are saved after all we can do. A reinterpretation

Brad Wilcox at Education Week quoted Stephen E. Robinson from his book, Believing Christ regarding 2 Nephi 25:23 reinterpreting the meaning of the word "after" to help it conform to the rest of the scriptures.  I like the interpretation but I wonder if it might be overreaching.  As I have read the scriptures specifically with the intent to understand, "after all we can do" I found multiple verses referring to the word "do" as exercising faith in Jesus Christ, putting all your trust in God, and giving our whole hearts to God.  I concluded that this is all man can do.  Because, we are not saved by works.  We do good works to show our love for Jesus Christ for what he did for us.  We also find that living the laws of God to be liberating.  We are not save by works.

So,  here's the quote,

I understand the preposition "after" in 2 Nephi 25:23 to be a preposition of separation rather than a preposition of time.  It denotes logical separateness rather than temporal sequence. We are saved by grace "apart from all we can do" or "all we can do notwithstanding", or even "regardless or all we can do." Another acceptable paraphrase of the sense of the verse might read, "We are still saved by grace, after all is said and done."

So I looked up the word "after" in the dictionary.  I did find the synonym, "notwithstanding".  I then looked for synonyms of "notwithstanding" and found "after all", "despite", "in spite of", "regardless of",  and a few others.

Brother Robinson may be right. His reasoning does fit.