Romans 4:4

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.

And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer 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 not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him?

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