Abraham Receives the Promise
Romans 4:14
In 9 translations
- 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:
- LSV
- for if they who are of law [are] heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been made useless;
- YLT
- for if they who are of law [are] heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;
- DBY
- For if they which [are] of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.
- DRC
- For if they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, the promise is made of no effect.
- GNV
- For if they which are of the Lawe, be heires, faith is made voide, and the promise is made of none effect.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εἰ γὰρ οἱ ἐκ νόμου κληρονόμοι, κεκένωται ἡ πίστις καὶ κατήργηται ἡ ἐπαγγελία·
- RP2018
- Εἰ γὰρ οἱ ἐκ νόμου κληρονόμοι, κεκένωται ἡ πίστις, καὶ κατήργηται ἡ ἐπαγγελία·
- TR-Boyd
- Εἰ γὰρ οἱ ἐκ νόμου κληρονόμοι, κεκένωται ἡ πίστις, καὶ κατήργηται ἡ ἐπαγγελία·
- SCR1894
- ει γαρ οι εκ νομου κληρονομοι κεκενωται η πιστις και κατηργηται η επαγγελια
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Galatians 3:18–24For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise. Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the…
- Philippians 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Hebrews 7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
- Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
- Hebrews 7:28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
- Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
- Romans 4:16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the…
- Isaiah 55:11so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
- Numbers 30:15But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”
- Galatians 5:4You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
- Jeremiah 19:7And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds…
- Numbers 30:12But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
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