Romans 4:14

World English Bible (2000)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Num 30:12 : 12 But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will forgive her.
  • Num 30:15 : 15 But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity."
  • Ps 119:126 : 126 It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.
  • Isa 55:11 : 11 so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
  • Jer 19:7 : 7 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 those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, 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 don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"
  • Gal 3:18-24 : 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise. 19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law. 22 But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
  • Gal 5:4 : 4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, 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 of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
  • Heb 7:28 : 28 For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Rom 4:13
    83%

    13For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Gal 3:14-18
    5 verses
    80%

    14that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    15Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.

    16Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed," which is Christ.

    17Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

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

  • Rom 4:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

    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
    2 verses
    77%

    4You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

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

  • Gal 3:21-24
    4 verses
    75%

    21Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.

    22But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

    23But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, confined for the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

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

  • Gal 3:9-12
    4 verses
    73%

    9So then, those who 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 everyone who doesn't continue 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 will live by faith."

    12The law is not of faith, but, "The man who does them will live by them."

  • Gal 3:29
    73%

    29If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.

  • Rom 3:31
    72%

    31Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.

  • Rom 3:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

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

  • Rom 4:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

  • Gal 2:21
    71%

    21I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"

  • Gal 2:16
    71%

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

  • Rom 3:3
    71%

    3For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?

  • Rom 10:4
    70%

    4For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

  • Gal 3:7
    70%

    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.

  • Heb 7:18
    70%

    18For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

  • Rom 4:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

    5But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

  • Rom 9:8
    69%

    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

  • Gal 3:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?

    5He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

  • Gal 4:7
    69%

    7So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

  • Rom 11:6
    69%

    6And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

  • Rom 9:30
    69%

    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

  • Rom 2:25
    69%

    25For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

  • Rom 3:20
    69%

    20Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Gal 4:21
    69%

    21Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don't you listen to the law?

  • Rom 2:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

  • Heb 4:2
    68%

    2For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn't profit them, because it wasn't mixed with faith by those who heard.

  • Rom 9:6
    68%

    6But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.

  • Gal 4:1
    68%

    1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;

  • Gal 4:5
    68%

    5that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

  • Rom 8:4
    68%

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

  • Rom 4:9
    68%

    9Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

  • Rom 9:4
    68%

    4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;