Romans 4:14
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
- KJV
- For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
- WEB
- For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.
- ASV
- For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:
- DARBY
- For if they which [are] of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.
- BLB
- For if those of the law [are] heirs, faith has been made void and the promise has been nullified.
- ÅB
- For dersom de som holder seg til loven er arvinger, så er troen blitt unyttig, og løftet blitt til ingenting.
- OTB
- For hvis de som stoler på loven er arvinger, da er troen gjort til intet og løftet opphevet,
- B1930
- For dersom de som holder sig til loven, er arvinger, da er troen blitt unyttig, og løftet blitt til intet;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 3:18–24
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Read in contextHebrews 7:19
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:9
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Read in contextRomans 3:31
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Read in contextGalatians 2:21
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Read in contextRomans 4:16
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Read in contextHebrews 7:28
For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
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