⁴ Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift^(A) but as an obligation.

⁵ However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.^(A)

⁶ And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works;^(A) if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

⁴ You who are trying to be justified by the law^(A) have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.^(B)