When people work, 

their wages are not a gift, 

but something they have earned. 

But people are counted as righteous, 

not because of their work, 

but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners

“Oh, 

what joy for those

whose disobedience is forgiven,

whose sins are put out of sight.

Yes, 

what joy for those
    
whose record the Lord has cleared of sin.”

Romans 4:4-5, 7-8