Romans 11:6

But if by grace, it is not by works: otherwise, grace is not grace. And if by works, it is not by grace: Otherwise, work is not work.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

5So also at the present time, a remnant is preserved, by the election of grace.

7What then? Israel did not obtain that which it sought: but the election obtained it; and the rest of them were blinded in their heart,

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Cross References

Romans 4:4But to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as a debt to him.

1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace, that was in me, was not in vain; but I labored more than they all:-not I, but his grace that was with me.

Galatians 5:4Ye have renounced the Messiah, ye who seek justification by the law: and ye have apostatized from grace.

2 Timothy 1:9who hath vivified us, and called us with a holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his good pleasure, and his grace that was given us in Jesus the Messiah from time before the ages,

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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