Romans 4:14

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Num 30:12 : 12 But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and Jehovah will forgive her.
  • Num 30:15 : 15 But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.
  • Ps 119:126 : 126 It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.
  • Isa 55:11 : 11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
  • Jer 19:7 : 7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.
  • Gal 3:18-24 : 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise. 19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; [and it was] ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one; but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law. 22 But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 23 But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 So that the law is become our tutor [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
  • Gal 5:4 : 4 Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
  • Heb 7:19 : 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.
  • Heb 7:28 : 28 For the law appointeth men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, [appointeth] a Son, perfected for evermore.

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  • Rom 4:13
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    13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Gal 3:14-18
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    14that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

    16Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

    17Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

  • Rom 4:15-16
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    15for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

    16For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

  • Gal 5:4-5
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    4Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

    5For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

  • Gal 3:21-24
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    21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

    22But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

    23But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

    24So that the law is become our tutor [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

  • Gal 3:9-12
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    9So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

    10For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.

    11Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

    12and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

  • Rom 3:31
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    31Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.

    28We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Rom 4:1-2
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    1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh?

    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward God.

  • Gal 2:21
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    21I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

  • Rom 3:3
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    3For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?

  • Rom 10:4
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    4For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

  • Heb 7:18
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    18For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

  • Rom 4:4-5
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    4Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.

    5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

  • Rom 9:8
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    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

  • Gal 3:4-5
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    4Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

    5He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

  • Gal 4:7
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    7So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

  • Rom 11:6
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    6But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • Rom 2:25
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    25For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.

  • Gal 4:21
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    21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

  • Rom 2:12-13
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    12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

    13for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

  • Heb 4:2
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    2For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard.

  • Rom 9:6
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    6But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:

  • Gal 4:1
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    1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;

  • Gal 4:5
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    5that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

  • Rom 8:4
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    4that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

  • Rom 4:9
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    9Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was reckoned for righteousness.

  • Rom 9:4
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    4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;