--- title: "11 Grace Works Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Grace Works quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Grace Works sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/randall-terry-12421_grace_we-are-saved-by-grace-not-by-the-works-o_1615126.jpg" --- > [We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randall-terry/we-are-saved-by-grace-not-by-the-works-of-the-law-but-don-t-be-so/) [Randall Terry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randall-terry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/randall-terry-12421_grace_we-are-saved-by-grace-not-by-the-works-o_1615126.jpg) > [The law works fear and wrath; grace works hope and mercy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-law-works-fear-and-wrath-grace-works-hope-and-mercy/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/martin-luther-106_compassion_the-law-works-fear-and-wrath-grace-works_2601746.jpg) > [Without justification salvation is not of grace, but of works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-carey/without-justification-salvation-is-not-of-grace-but-of-works/) [William Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/william-carey-9107_grace_without-justification-salvation-is-not-o_1813368.png) > [“Grace works that way. It’s a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-goff/grace-works-that-way-it-s-a-kind-word-from-a-gentle-person-with-an/) [Bob Goff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-goff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/bob-goff-1182_gentle-person_grace-works-that-way-it-s-a-kind-word-fr_1499027.png) > [“ROM11.6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/rom11-6-and-if-by-grace-then-is-it-no-more-of-works-otherwise-grace/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/anonymous-1_grace_rom11-6-and-if-by-grace-then-is-it-no-mo_971173.jpg) > [Grace works that way. It's a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It's a force sometimes transmitted best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-goff/grace-works-that-way-it-s-a-kind-word-from-a-gentle-person-with-an-2/) [Bob Goff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-goff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/bob-goff-1182_dark_grace-works-that-way-it-s-a-kind-word-fr_2423438.png) > [God's grace is so counterintuitive and everything we do in our life is just based on conditions. You do this for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tullian-tchividjian/god-s-grace-is-so-counterintuitive-and-everything-we-do-in-our-life/) [Tullian Tchividjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tullian-tchividjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/tullian-tchividjian-1105_conditions_god-s-grace-is-so-counterintuitive-and-e_312978.png) > [“All grace,” says St. Maximilian Kolbe, “ultimately comes to us from God the Father, through the merits of Jesus Christ, His Son,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-gress/all-grace-says-st-maximilian-kolbe-ultimately-comes-to-us-from-god/) [Carrie Gress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-gress/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/carrie-gress-22402_holy-spirit_all-grace-says-st-maximilian-kolbe-ultim_1249911.jpg) > [Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-bridges/grace-stands-in-direct-opposition-to-any-supposed-worthiness-on-our/) [Jerry Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/jerry-bridges-1451_another-way_grace-stands-in-direct-opposition-to-any_1882892.png) > [“Grace works ahead of us to draw us toward faith, to begin its work in us. Even the first fragile intuition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-c-oden/grace-works-ahead-of-us-to-draw-us-toward-faith-to-begin-its-work-in/) [Thomas C. Oden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-c-oden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/thomas-c-oden-31137_arminanism_grace-works-ahead-of-us-to-draw-us-towar_1784724.jpg) > [And just as there are no crimes so detestable that they can prevent the gift of grace, so too there can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prosper-of-aquitaine/and-just-as-there-are-no-crimes-so-detestable-that-they-can-prevent/) [Prosper of Aquitaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prosper-of-aquitaine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/prosper-of-aquitaine-74800_blood_and-just-as-there-are-no-crimes-so-detes_342983.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grace-works/#itemlist", "name": "Grace Works Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. 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