But to him working, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.
Or who first gave to Him, and it will be repaid to him?
But if by grace, then it is no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it is of works, then it is no more of grace; otherwise work is no more work.
being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
Why? Because it was not of faith, but as it were by the works of the Law. For they stumbled at that Stumbling-stone;