Romans 4:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

What this verse means

Read Romans 4:14 in the flow of Romans4 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Romans4 to see the surrounding context.

Compare translations
BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for if they who are of law <FI>are<Fi> heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
Open the full comparison
Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 4:14 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 30:12But 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.
  2. Numbers 30:15But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”
  3. Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
  4. Isaiah 55:11so 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.
  5. Jeremiah 19:7And 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 the air and the beasts of the earth.
  6. Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
  7. Romans 4:16Therefore, 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 father of us all.
  8. Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
  9. Galatians 3:18For 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.
  10. Galatians 5:4You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
  11. Philippians 3:9and 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.
  12. Hebrews 7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
  13. Hebrews 7:28For 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Keep exploring