Romans 4:4

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But for he who works, wages are not accounted according to grace, but according to debt.

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Or who first gave to him, so that repayment would be owed?

And if it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free.

We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Why is this? Because they did not seek it from faith, but as if it were from works. For they stumbled over a stumbling block,