Romans 4:14 “For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the p…”

Romans 4:14

For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For if they which are of the Lawe, be heires, faith is made voide, and the promise is made of none effect.

Darby Translation

For if they which [are] of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;

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Cross references

“For if”

Galatians 3:18–24 Philippians 3:9 Hebrews 7:19 Romans 4:16 Galatians 2:21 Hebrews 7:28

Galatians 3:18–24 · BSB

For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

Philippians 3:9 · BSB

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

Hebrews 7:19 · BSB

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

Romans 4:16 · BSB

Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the fath…

Galatians 2:21 · BSB

I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

Hebrews 7:28 · BSB

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

“made”

Romans 3:31 Isaiah 55:11 Numbers 30:12 Numbers 30:15 Psalm 119:126 Jeremiah 19:7

Romans 3:31 · BSB

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

Isaiah 55:11 · BSB

so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

Numbers 30:12 · BSB

But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.

Numbers 30:15 · BSB

But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”

Psalm 119:126 · BSB

It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.

Jeremiah 19:7 · BSB

And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

15because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

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