Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. I was once invited out to tea by a poor widow, and I took something in my pocket. But I'll never do it again. It was two cakes; and, when I brought them out and laid them on the table, she picked them up and flung them out into the street, and said, "I asked you to tea; I didn't ask you to provide tea for me." And so with Christ. He asks, He provides, and He wants nothing but ourselves; and if we take aught else He'll reject it. We can only sup with Him when we come as we are. Who will accept salvation? Who'll say, "I take the blessing from above, And wonder at Thy boundless love"? (J. W. Ackrill.). Parallel Verses KJV: I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. |
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