Abraham Receives the Promise
Romans 4:15
In 9 translations
- BSB
- because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
- KJV
- Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
- WEB
- For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
- ASV
- for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
- LSV
- for the Law works wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.
- YLT
- for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.
- DBY
- For law works wrath; but where no law is neither [is there] transgression.
- DRC
- For the law worketh wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
- GNV
- For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read δὲ (“now”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read γὰρ (“for”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont read γὰρ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται, οὗ δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις.
- RP2018
- ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται· οὗ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις.
- TR-Boyd
- ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται· οὗ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστι νόμος, οὐδὲ παράβασις.
- SCR1894
- ο γαρ νομος οργην κατεργαζεται ου γαρ ουκ εστιν νομος ουδε παραβασις
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Romans 5:13For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
- Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Romans 3:19–20Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works…
- 1 Corinthians 15:56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
- Romans 7:7–25What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.” But sin,…
- Galatians 3:19Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:7–9Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, will not the ministry of the Spirit be…
- 1 John 3:4Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
- John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
- Romans 2:5–6But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
- Romans 2:12–13All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the…
- Romans 5:20–21The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life…
- Acts 17:30–31Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent. For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of…
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on…
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