Romans 4:4

Now to him that worketh the reward is not reckoned as a favor, but as a debt:

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

For the gospel-kingdom is like the master of a family, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard:

because they sought it not by faith, but by the works of the law, for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone;

Or who hath first given to Him? and it shall be returned.

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