Romans 4:15

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

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Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

In Context

14For if those who live by the law are to be the heirs, faith is made empty, and the promise is void.

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,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:20Yahweh will not pardon him, but instead, the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smolder against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book will come on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven.

Jeremiah 4:8Because of this, wrap yourself in sackcloth, lament and wail. 1 For the force of Yahweh's anger has not turned away from us. 1

Ezekiel 7:19They will throw their silver into the streets and their gold will be like refuse. Their silver and their gold 1 will not be able to rescue them in the day of Yahweh's rage. Their lives will not be saved, 1 and their hunger will not be satisfied, because their iniquity has become a stumbling block. 1

John 3:36He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God stays on him.”

Acts 17:30Therefore God overlooked the times of ignorance, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent.

Romans 2:5But it is to the extent of your hardness and unrepentant heart that you are storing up for yourself wrath on the day of wrath, that is, the day of the revelation of God's righteous judgment.

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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