⁴ Now to the one who works,^(A) pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed.

¹⁶ This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace,^(A) to guarantee it to all the descendants^(B)—not only to those who are of the law^[a] but also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all

⁸ For you are saved by grace^(A) through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—