Romans 11:6

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Summary

And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

And if

General references

Acts 28:24

Romans 4:4

Ephesians 2:9

Bible References

And if

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is shut out. On what principle? What a man does? No, but whether a man has faith.

Now paying a workman is not considered a favor, but an obligation,

Then law slipped in, and multiplied the offense. But greatly as sin multiplied, God's mercy has far surpassed it,

But by God's favor I have become what I am, and the favor he showed me has not gone for nothing, but I have worked harder than any of them, although it was not really I but the favor God showed me.

I refuse to nullify the mercy of God. For if uprightness could be secured through law, then Christ died for nothing!

You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor.

But God is so rich in mercy that because of the great love he had for us,

He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,

he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit,

General references

Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe.

Now paying a workman is not considered a favor, but an obligation,

It has not been earned, so that no one can boast of it.