Romans 11:6
4 And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
8 as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
- ASV
- But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
- DARBY
- But if by grace, no longer of works: since [otherwise] grace is no more grace.
- BLB
- and if by grace, no longer out of works; otherwise grace no longer is grace.
- ÅB
- Men om det er av nåde, så er det ikke lenger av gjerninger, ellers ville nåden ikke være nåde.
- OTB
- Og hvis det er av nåde, er det ikke lenger basert på gjerninger; ellers ville nåden ikke lenger være nåde.
- B1930
- men er det av nåde, da er det ikke mere av gjerninger, ellers blir nåden ikke mere nåde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 2:21
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Read in contextTitus 3:5
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Read in contextRomans 3:27–28
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
Read in contextRomans 4:4–5
Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
Read in contextGalatians 5:4
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
Read in contextEphesians 2:4–9
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
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