Romans 11:6

But if in love, then it is not as a result of obedience. Otherwise love would cease to be love.

Open English Bible (US)

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

5And so in our own time, too, there is to be found a remnant of our nation selected by God in love.

7What follows from this? Why, that Israel as a nation failed to secure what it was seeking, while those whom God selected did secure it.

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Cross References

Romans 4:4Now wages are regarded as due to the person who works, not as a favor, but as a debt;

1 Corinthians 15:10But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.

Galatians 5:4You have severed yourselves from Christ – you who are seeking to be pronounced righteous through Law; you have fallen away from love.

2 Timothy 1:9It was God who saved us, and from him we received our solemn call – not as a reward for anything that we had done, but in fulfillment of his own loving purpose. For that love was extended to us, through Christ Jesus, before time began,

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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