Q63. But do our good works earn nothing, even though God promises to reward them in this life and the next?

Scripture proofs

1. [1]
   Matthew 5:12

   Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

   Hebrews 11:6

   But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

2. [2]
   Luke 17:10

   So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

   2 Timothy 4:7-8

   I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.