Romans 4:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres, then is fayth but vayne, and the promise of none effect:

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  • Num 30:12 : 12 But if her husbande disanulled them the same day yt he hearde them: then nothyng that proceedeth out of her lippes in vowes and bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect: for her husbande hath disanulled them, and the Lorde shall forgeue her.
  • Num 30:15 : 15 But if he breake them, after that he hath hearde them, he shall beare her sinne hym selfe.
  • Ps 119:126 : 126 It is tyme for me to do for Gods cause: for they haue brought thy lawe almost to nothyng.
  • Isa 55:11 : 11 So the worde also that commeth out of my mouth shall not turne agayne voyde vnto me, but shall accomplishe my wyll, and prosper in the thing wherto I sende it.
  • Jer 19:7 : 7 For in this place wyll I bryng to naught the counsayle of Iuda and Hierusalem, and kyll them downe with the sworde before their enemies: and I wyll deliuer them into the handes of them that seeke their liues, and their dead carkasses will I geue to be meate for the foules of the ayre, & the beastes of the fielde.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth? God forbyd: But we rather mayntayne the lawe.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace, that the promise myght be sure to all ye seede, not to that only which is of the lawe, but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham, which is the father of vs al.
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I reiect not the grace of God: For yf ryghteousnesse come of the lawe, then Christe is dead in vayne.
  • Gal 3:18-24 : 18 For yf the inheritauce be of the lawe, then not nowe of promise: But God gaue it vnto Abraham by promise. 19 Wherfore then serueth the lawe? It was added because of transgressions, tyl the seede came to whom the promise was made: and it was ordayned by Angels in the hande of a mediatour. 20 A mediatour is not a mediatour of one, but God is one. 21 Is the lawe then against the promise of God? God forbyd. For yf there had ben a lawe geuen which coulde haue geuen life: then no doubt righteousnesse shoulde haue ben by the lawe. 22 But the scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne, that the promise by ye fayth of Iesus Christe shoulde be geuen vnto them that beleue. 23 But before fayth came, we were kept vnder the lawe, and were shut vp vnto the fayth which shoulde afterwarde be reuealed. 24 Wherfore, the lawe was our scholemaister vnto Christe, that we shoulde be iustified by fayth.
  • Gal 5:4 : 4 Christe is become but vayne to you, as many of you as are iustified by the lawe, are fallen from grace.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 And be founde in hym, not hauyng myne owne ryghteousnesse which is of the lawe: but that which is through the fayth of Christ, the ryghteousnes which commeth of God through fayth:
  • Heb 7:19 : 19 For the lawe made nothyng perfect, but was the bryngyng in of a better hope, by the whiche we drawe nygh vnto God.
  • Heb 7:28 : 28 For the lawe maketh men hye priestes which haue infirmitie: but the word of the oth which (was) after the lawe (maketh) the sonne, whiche is perfecte for euermore.

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  • Rom 4:13
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    13For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde, was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe, but through the ryghteousnes of fayth.

  • Gal 3:14-18
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    14That the blessyng of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Iesus Christe, that we myght receaue the promise of the spirite through fayth.

    15Brethren, I speake after ye maner of men: Though it be but a mans testamet, yet if it be alowed, no man reiecteth it, or addeth therto.

    16To Abraham and his seede were the promises made. He sayth not to the seedes, as of many: but to thy seede, as of one, which is Christe.

    17This I say, that the lawe which began afterwarde, beyonde foure hundred and thirtie yeres, doth not disanull the testament that was confirmed afore of God, vnto Christe warde, to make the promise of none effect.

    18For yf the inheritauce be of the lawe, then not nowe of promise: But God gaue it vnto Abraham by promise.

  • Rom 4:15-16
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    15Because the lawe causeth wrath. For where no lawe is, there is no transgression.

    16Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace, that the promise myght be sure to all ye seede, not to that only which is of the lawe, but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham, which is the father of vs al.

  • Gal 5:4-5
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    4Christe is become but vayne to you, as many of you as are iustified by the lawe, are fallen from grace.

    5For we through the spirite, wayte for the hope of ryghteousnes by fayth.

  • Gal 3:21-24
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    21Is the lawe then against the promise of God? God forbyd. For yf there had ben a lawe geuen which coulde haue geuen life: then no doubt righteousnesse shoulde haue ben by the lawe.

    22But the scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne, that the promise by ye fayth of Iesus Christe shoulde be geuen vnto them that beleue.

    23But before fayth came, we were kept vnder the lawe, and were shut vp vnto the fayth which shoulde afterwarde be reuealed.

    24Wherfore, the lawe was our scholemaister vnto Christe, that we shoulde be iustified by fayth.

  • Gal 3:9-12
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    73%

    9So then, they which be of fayth, are blessed with the faythfull Abraham.

    10For as many as are of the deedes of the lawe, are vnder the curse. For it is writte: Cursed is euery one that continueth not in all thinges which are written in the booke of the lawe, to do them.

    11But that no man is iustified by ye lawe in the sight of God, it is euident. For the iust shall lyue by fayth.

    12And the lawe is not of fayth: but the man that doth them, shall lyue in them.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29If ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heyres accordyng to the promise.

  • Rom 3:31
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    31Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth? God forbyd: But we rather mayntayne the lawe.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where is then thy boastyng? It is excluded. By what lawe? Of workes? Nay, but by the lawe of fayth.

    28Therfore, we holde that a man is iustified by fayth, without the deedes of the lawe.

  • Rom 4:1-2
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    1What shall we saye then that Abraham our father, as parteynyng to the flesshe, dyd fynde?

    2For if Abraham were iustified by workes, the hath he wherein to boaste, but not before God.

  • Gal 2:21
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    21I reiect not the grace of God: For yf ryghteousnesse come of the lawe, then Christe is dead in vayne.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Knowe that a man is not iustified by the deedes of the lawe, but by the fayth of Iesus Christe: And we haue beleued on Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the fayth of Christe, and not by the deedes of the lawe, because by the deedes of the lawe no fleshe shalbe iustified.

  • Rom 3:3
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    3What then though some of them dyd not beleue? Shal their vnbeliefe make the fayth of God without effect?

  • Rom 10:4
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    4For Christe is the ende of the lawe, for ryghteousnesse to all that beleue.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7Knowe ye therfore, that they which are of fayth, the same are the chyldren of Abraham.

  • Heb 7:18
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    18For there is truely a disanulling of the commaundement goyng before, for the weakenesse and vnprofitablenesse therof.

  • Rom 4:4-5
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    4To hym that worketh, is the reward not reckened of grace, but of duetie.

    5To hym that worketh not, but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly, his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes.

  • Rom 9:8
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    8That is to say: They which are the chyldren of the fleshe, are not the chyldren of God: But they which be the childre of promise, are counted the seede.

  • Gal 3:4-5
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    4Haue ye suffered so great thynges in vayne? Yf it be yet in vayne.

    5He therfore that ministreth to you the spirite, and worketh miracles among you, doth he it through the deedes of the lawe, or by hearyng of the fayth?

  • Gal 4:7
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    7Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt, but a sonne: If thou be a sonne, thou art also an heire of God, through Christ.

  • Rom 11:6
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    6If it be of grace, then is it not nowe of workes: For the grace is no more grace. But yf it be of workes, then is it nowe no grace: For then worke is no more worke.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? that the gentiles which folowed not ryghteousnes, haue obtayned righteousnesse: euen the ryghteousnesse which cometh of fayth.

  • Rom 2:25
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    25For circumcision veryly auayleth, yf thou kepe the lawe: But yf thou be a breaker of the lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne.

  • Gal 4:21
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    21Tell me, ye that desire to be vnder the lawe, do ye not heare the lawe?

  • Rom 2:12-13
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    12For whosoeuer hath sinned without lawe, shall also perishe without lawe: And as many as haue sinned in ye lawe, shalbe iudged by the lawe.

    13(For in the sight of God, they are not righteous whiche heare the lawe: but the doers of the lawe shalbe iustified.

  • Heb 4:2
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    2For vnto vs was the Gospell preached, aswell as vnto them: But the worde whiche they hearde dyd not profite them, not beyng coupled with fayth to them that hearde.

  • Rom 9:6
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    6And it can not be, that the worde of God shoulde take none effect. For they are not all Israelites, which are of Israel:

  • Gal 4:1
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    1And I say, that the heyre, as long as he is a chylde, differeth nothyng from a seruaut, though he be Lorde of all,

  • Gal 4:5
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    5To redeeme them that were vnder the lawe, that we myght receaue the adoption of chyldren.

  • Rom 8:4
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    4That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe, myght be fulfylled in vs, which walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite.

  • Rom 4:9
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    9Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision, or vpon the vncircumcision also? For we say, that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes.

  • Rom 9:4
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    4Which are the Israelites: To whom pertayneth the adoption, and the glory, & the couenauntes, and the lawe that was geuen, and the seruice of God, and the promises.