Romans 4:14

for if they who are of law [are] heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;

Young's Literal Translation

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

13For not through law [is] the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

15for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.

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Cross References

Numbers 30:12'And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established — her husband hath broken them — and Jehovah is propitious to her.

Psalms 119:126Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.

Jeremiah 19:7And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

Romans 4:16Because of this [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which [is] of the law only, but also to that which [is] of the faith of Abraham,

Galatians 3:18for if by law [be] the inheritance, [it is] no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant [it].

Philippians 3:9not having my righteousness, which [is] of law, but that which [is] through faith of Christ — the righteousness that is of God by the 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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