Romans 4:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ If it is the adherents of the Law who are to be the heirs, then faith is made futile and empty of all meaning and the promise [of God] is made void (is annulled and has no power).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:

Common English Bible

¹⁴ If they inherit because of the Law, then faith has no effect and the promise has been canceled.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ For if those who are of the law are the heirs, then faith becomes empty and the Promise is abolished.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ For if they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, the promise is made of no effect.

Romans 4:14 Cross References

Psalm 119:126

It is time for the Lord to act, for thy law has been broken.

Isaiah 55:11

so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 19:7

And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth.

Numbers 30:12

But if her husband makes them null and void on the day that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning her pledge of herself, shall not stand: her husband has made them void, and the Lord will forgive her.

Numbers 30:15

But if he makes them null and void after he has heard of them, then he shall bear her iniquity.”

Romans 3:31

Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Romans 4:16

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants—not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all,

1 Corinthians 1:13

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

Galatians 2:21

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification were through the law, then Christ died to no purpose.

Galatians 5:4

You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.

Philippians 3:9

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, based on law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith;

Hebrews 7:19

(for the law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

Hebrews 7:28

Indeed, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.