Romans 4:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Num 30:12 : 12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day 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 the LORD shall forgive her.
  • Num 30:15 : 15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard [them]; then he shall bear her iniquity.
  • Ps 119:126 : 126 ¶ It is time for [thee], LORD, 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 hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might 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 frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
  • Gal 3:18-24 : 18 For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of promise: but God gave [it] to Abraham by promise. 19 ¶ Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in 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 have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
  • Gal 5:4 : 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 ¶ And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • Heb 7:19 : 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
  • Heb 7:28 : 28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, [maketh] the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

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

  • Gal 3:14-18
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    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; 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 [if it be] confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

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

    17And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

    18For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of promise: but God gave [it] to Abraham by promise.

  • Rom 4:15-16
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    15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, [there is] no transgression.

    16Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might 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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    4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

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

  • Gal 3:21-24
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    21[Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

    22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

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

    24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

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

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

    11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

    12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

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

  • Rom 3:31
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    31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

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

    28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

  • Rom 4:1-2
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    1¶ What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

    2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to glory; but not before God.

  • Gal 2:21
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    21I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

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

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    3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

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    4For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

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    7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

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    18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

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    4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

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    8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

  • Gal 3:4-5
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    4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in vain.

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    7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

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    6And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if [it be] of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

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    30¶ What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

  • Rom 2:25
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    25For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

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    20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.

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    21¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

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    12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

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    2For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard [it].

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    6¶ Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:

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    1¶ Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

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

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    4That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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    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.

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    4Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;