8For by grace you have been saved through faith.
And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
9not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
is salvation our own doing? is it a gift?
where does the responsive heart come from?
did you circumcise your own heart?
of course you did
Ezekiel 36:26
New International Version (©1984)
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
New Living Translation (©2007)
And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.
English Standard Version (©2001)
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh....
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Then they will know that I am the Lord.”