Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as debt.
*Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?*
And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Messiah Yeshua;
Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;