And to him working, the reward is not reckoned according to favor, but according to debt.
Or who first gave to him, and it shall be given back to him?
And if to grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. And if of works, it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Being justified as a gift by his grace by the redemption which is in Christ Jesus:
Wherefore? Because not of faith, but as of the works of the law. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone;