Romans 4:14
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
KJV
εἰ γὰρ οἱ ἐκ νόμου κληρονόμοι, κεκένωται ἡ πίστις καὶ κατήργηται ἡ ἐπαγγελία·
Greek NT
Si enim qui ex lege, hæredes sunt : exinanita est fides, abolita est promissio.
Vulgate
For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:
ASV
For if they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void: the promise is made of no effect.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταργέω
katargeo
verb · 27×
κενόω
kenoo
verb · 5×
κληρονόμος
kleronomos
noun · 15×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. They who come to the divine preaching and give heed to the faith, must manifest the desire of thirsty men for water, and kindle in themselves a similar longing; so will they be able also very carefully to retain what is said. For as thirsty men, when they have taken a bowl, eagerly drain it and then desist, so too they who hear the divine oracles if they receive them thirsti…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210208.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- Gal 2:21 — I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
- Gal 3:12 — And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
- Gal 3:18 — For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
- Heb 7:19 — 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 — 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.
- Isa 55:11 — 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.
- Phil 3:9 — 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:
- Ps 119:126 — It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
- Rom 3:31 — Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
- Rom 3:31 — Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
- Rom 4:16 — 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