Romans 11:6
But if this is by grace, then it is no longer on the basis of actions. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
Deuteronomy 9:4-6
After the LORD has expelled them before you, you are not to say to yourselves, "The LORD caused me to enter and possess this land because of my righteousness.'
Romans 3:27-28
What, then, is there to boast about? That has been eliminated. On what principle? On that of actions? No, but on the principle of faith.
Romans 4:4-5
Now to someone who works, wages are not considered a gift but an obligation.
Romans 5:20-21
Now the Law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more,
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.
Galatians 2:21
I do not misapply God's grace, for if righteousness comes about by doing what the Law requires, then the Messiah died for nothing.
Galatians 5:4
Those of you who are trying to be justified by the Law have been cut off from the Messiah. You have fallen away from grace.
Ephesians 2:4-9
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us
2 Timothy 1:9
He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our own accomplishments, but according to his own purpose and the grace that was given to us in the Messiah Jesus before time began.
Titus 3:5
"Twas not for deeds that we had done, but by his steadfast love alone, he saved us through a second birth, renewed us by the Spirit's work,