Romans 11:6

And if it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free.

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In The King James Version

And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

In Context

5Therefore, in the same way, again in this time, there is a remnant that has been saved in accord with the choice of grace.

7What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:4You should not say in your heart, when the Lord your God will have destroyed them in your sight: ‘It is because of my justice that the Lord led me in, so that I might possess this land, while these nations have been destroyed because of their impiety.’

Romans 4:4But for he who works, wages are not accounted according to grace, but according to debt.

1 Corinthians 15:10But, by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me has not been empty, since I have labored more abundantly than all of them. Yet it is not I, but the grace of God within me.

Galatians 5:4You are being emptied of Christ, you who are being justified by the law. You have fallen from grace.

2 Timothy 1:9who has freed us and has called us to his holy vocation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages of time.

Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33

The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →

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