Romans 4:14

For if those who live by the law are to be the heirs, faith is made empty, and the promise is void.

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For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

In Context

13For the promise to Abraham and to his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

15For the law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there is no trespass.

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Cross References

Numbers 30:12But if her husband cancels them on the day that he heard about them, then whatever came out of her lips about her vows or promises will not remain in force. Her husband has canceled them. Yahweh will release her.

Psalms 119:126It is time for Yahweh to act, 1 for people have broken your law. 1

Jeremiah 19:7In this place I will make the plans of Judah and Jerusalem useless. I will make them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of the ones seeking their lives. Then I will give their corpses as food to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth.

Romans 4:16For this reason it is by faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all of Abraham's descendants—not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all,

Galatians 3:18For if the inheritance comes by the law, then it no longer comes by promise. But God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

Philippians 3:9and be found in him. I do not have a righteousness of my own from the law. Instead, I have the righteousness that is through faith in Christ, the righteousness that is from God based on 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 →

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