20 For yby works of the law no human being1 will be justified in his sight, since zthrough the law comes knowledge of sin.
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but unot before God.
4 Now wto the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
8 For zby grace you have been saved athrough faith. And this is bnot your own doing; cit is the gift of God, 9 dnot a result of works, eso that no one may boast.
5 he saved us, enot because of works done by us in righteousness, but faccording to his own mercy, by gthe washing of regeneration and hrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he ipoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that jbeing justified by his grace we might become kheirs laccording to the hope of eternal life.
Future Glory
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time nare not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
jI have no good apart from you.”
2 a“Can a man be profitable to God?
Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,
or is it gain to him if you bmake your ways blameless?
7 aIf you are righteous, what do you give to him?
Or what does he receive from your hand?
8 Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,
and your righteousness ba son of man.
