Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness"- Romans 4:4-5 (NIV).
People are paid for their earthly work; pay that is not a gift, here today and gone tomorrow. There is no work you can do to make yourself right with God. Righteousness requires faith. James spoke of work, work spawned by faith (2:24). One is the natural product of the other. You can't have faith and not produce work; work that also has a paycheck...an eternal gift, here today and here tomorrow.
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