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Romans 11:6 Cross-References
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“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.”
Romans 11:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Romans 11:6
And if by grace, then is it no more of works—Paul establishes an absolute antithesis between charis (χάρις, "grace") and erga (ἔργα, "works"). The Greek uses emphatic negation: ouketi ex ergōn (οὐκέτι ἐξ ἔργων, "no longer from works"). Grace and works are mutually exclusive bases for salvation. The reasoning is logical: otherwise grace is no more grace. If human merit contributes even partially, grace ceases to be grace—it becomes payment, obligation, debt.The second half (found in some manuscripts) reinforces the converse: But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Romans 11:6
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“then Christ died for nothing!,I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.,,,,,,,,”
“the reward is not counted as grace”
“not according to our works”
“which we did ourselves”
“but by a law of faith.”
“you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.”
“being rich in mercy”
“but I worked more than all of them; yet not I”
“after that Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you”
“that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded”