Romans 11:6
But if it is by grace, it is no longer by works. Otherwise grace would no longer be grace. + 11:6 Some old copies read, But if it is by works, then is it no more grace; otherwise work is no more work .
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In Context
5Even so then, at this present time also there is a remnant because of the choice of grace.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:4Do not say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, 'It was because of my righteousness that Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land,' for it was because of the wickedness of these nations that Yahweh is driving them out from before you.
Romans 4:4Now for him who works, what he is paid is not counted as a gift, but as what is owed.
1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace in me was not in vain. Instead, I worked harder than all of them. Yet it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
Galatians 5:4You are cut off from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you no longer experience grace.
2 Timothy 1:9It is God who saved us and called us with a holy calling. He did this, not according to our works, but according to his own plan and grace. He gave us these things in Christ Jesus before times ever 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 →