Romans 4:14

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If people could get God’s promise by following the law, then faith is worthless. And God’s promise to Abraham is worthless,

Cross References

Philippians 3:9

I want to belong to him. In Christ I am right with God, but my being right does not come from following the law. It comes from God through faith. God uses my faith in Christ to make me right with him.

Hebrews 7:28

The law chooses high priests who are men and have the same weaknesses that all people have. But after the law, God spoke the oath that made his Son high priest. And that Son, made perfect through suffering, will serve forever.

Hebrews 7:19

The Law of Moses could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us. And with that hope we can come near to God.

Galatians 2:21

I am not the one destroying the meaning of God’s grace. If following the law is how people are made right with God, then Christ did not have to die.

Romans 4:16

So people get what God promised by having faith. This happens so that the promise can be a free gift. And if the promise is a free gift, then all of Abraham’s people will get that promise. The promise is not just for those who live under the Law of Moses. It is for all who live with faith as Abraham did. He is the father of us all.

Romans 3:31

So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? Not at all! In fact, faith causes us to be what the law actually wants.

Isaiah 55:11

In the same way, my words leave my mouth, and they don’t come back without results. My words make the things happen that I want to happen. They succeed in doing what I send them to do.

Galatians 5:4

If you try to be made right with God through the law, your life with Christ is finished—you have left God’s grace.

Jeremiah 19:7

At this place, I will ruin the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. The enemy will chase them, and I will let the people of Judah be killed with swords in this place. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild animals.

Psalm 119:126

Lord, it is time for you to do something. The people do what is against your teachings.

Numbers 30:15

But if the husband hears about the promises and stops them, he is responsible for breaking her promises.”

Numbers 30:12

But if her husband hears about the promise and refuses to let her keep the promise, she does not have to do what she promised. It doesn’t matter what she promised to do; if her husband is against it, this ends her duty to do it. And the Lord will forgive her.

1 Corinthians 1:13

Christ cannot be divided into different groups. It wasn’t Paul who died on the cross for you, was it? Were you baptized in Paul’s name?