“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)
The two, grace and works, can not both be in operation at the same time for the salvation of the soul.
Thank you for your own personal interpretation of poorly translated Scripture.
Romans 11:6 And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
KJV sure stuffed that verse up like a polska kielbasa. LOL
Challoner on Romans 11:6:
If salvation were to come by works, done by nature, without faith and grace, salvation would not be a grace or favour, but a debt; but such dead works are indeed of no value in the sight of God towards salvation. It is not the same with regard to works done with and by God's grace; for to such works as these he has promised eternal salvation.
εἰ δὲ χάριτι, οὐκέτι ἐξ ἔργων, ἐπεὶ ἡ χάρις οὐκέτι γίνεται χάρις.
The Latin:
si autem gratia non ex operibus alioquin gratia iam non est gratia
The Douay-Rheims:
Rom 11:6 And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
French Darby:
Or, si c'est par la grâce, ce n'est plus sur le principe des oeuvres, puisque autrement la grâce n'est plus la grâce.
German Elberfelder:
Wenn aber durch Gnade, so nicht mehr aus Werken; sonst ist die Gnade nicht mehr Gnade.
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.
Hmmm.
One of these things is not like the other.
One of these things just isn't the same.
Amen.
If you depend on your works to get you into heaven, you’re lost already. First is faith, then works that God gives you to do. Can’t work your way in without a Saviour.