Romans 4:14
For if they that are of the Law are heirs, then faith becometh a vain thing, and the promise is made of no effect.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
In Context
15For the Law is the cause of wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.
Cross References
Psalms 119:126It is time for thee, O LORD! to act; For men have made void thy law.
Jeremiah 19:7For I will in this place bring to naught the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, And I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, And by the hands of them that seek their lives; And their dead bodies will I give for food To the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.
Romans 4:16Therefore the inheritance was made to depend on faith, that it might be a matter of grace; that the promise might be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is under the Law, but to that also which hath the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
Galatians 3:18for if the inheritance cometh from the Law, it ceaseth to be the consequence of the promise; but to Abraham God gave it by promise.
Philippians 3:9and be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God upon faith;
Matthew Henry on Romans 4:10-23
The Case of Abraham. ( a. d. 58.) 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not… Read the whole commentary →