Romans 4:4

Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed.

Now if by grace, then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

Or who has ever first given to Him,
and has to be repaid?

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