Romans 4:4
and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
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- Rom 11:6 : 6 and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.
- Rom 11:35 : 35 or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?
- Matt 20:1-9 : 1 `For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, 2 and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 `And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle, 4 and to these he said, Go ye -- also ye -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you; 5 and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner. 6 And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle? 7 they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive. 8 `And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last -- unto the first. 9 And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary. 10 `And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary, 11 and having received `it', they were murmuring against the householder, saying, 12 that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day -- and the heat. 13 `And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me? 14 take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee; 15 is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'
- Rom 9:32 : 32 wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,
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- Rom 4:5-117 verses85%
5 and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:
6 even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:
7 `Happy they whose lawless acts were forgiven, and whose sins were covered;
8 happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'
9 `Is' this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision -- for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham -- to righteousness?
10 how then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;
11 and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,
- Rom 4:1-33 verses80%
1 What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh?
2 for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;
3 for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;'
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6 and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.
- Eph 2:8-92 verses76%
8 for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you -- of God the gift,
9 not of works, that no one may boast;
- Rom 4:22-243 verses75%
22 wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness.
23 And it was not written on his account alone, that it was reckoned to him,
24 but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned -- to us believing on Him who did raise up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,
- Gal 3:5-62 verses74%
5 He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you -- by works of law or by the hearing of faith `is it'?
6 according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;
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6 who shall render to each according to his works;
- Rom 4:13-164 verses73%
13 For not through law `is' the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;
14 for if they who are of law `are' heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;
15 for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither `is' transgression.
16 Because of this `it is' of faith, that `it may be' according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which `is' of the law only, but also to that which `is' of the faith of Abraham,
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24 Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;
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24 being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that `is' in Christ Jesus,
- Rom 3:27-282 verses72%
27 Where then `is' the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:
28 therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.
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4 ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;
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14 if of any one the work doth remain that he built on `it', a wage he shall receive;
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16 having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'
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23 for the wages of the sin `is' death, and the gift of God `is' life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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4 Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.
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18 The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.
- Col 3:24-252 verses70%
24 having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance -- for the Lord Christ ye serve;
25 and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.
- Gal 3:11-122 verses70%
11 and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;'
12 and the law is not by faith, but -- `The man who did them shall live in them.'
- Jas 2:20-223 verses69%
20 And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?
21 Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?
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30 What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that `is' of faith,
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13 for not the hearers of the law `are' righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --
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6 and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'
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20 and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,
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20 wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.
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17 For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'
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8 and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,
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22 and the righteousness of God `is' through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, -- for there is no difference,
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12 for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;
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10 for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.