But to him working, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.
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.
Why? Because it was not of faith, but as it were by the works of the Law. For they stumbled at that Stumbling-stone;
Or who first gave to Him, and it will be repaid to him?
being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;