Romans 4:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

When people work, their pay is not given to them as a gift. They earn the pay they get.

Cross References

Romans 11:6

And if he chose them by grace, then it is not what they have done that made them his people. If they could be made his people by what they did, his gift of grace would not really be a gift.

Romans 9:32

They failed because they tried to make themselves right by the things they did. They did not trust in God to make them right. They fell over the stone that makes people fall.

Romans 11:35

“Who has ever given God anything? God owes nothing to anyone.” Job 41:11

Romans 3:24

They are made right with God by his grace. This is a free gift. They are made right with God by being made free from sin through Jesus Christ.