Romans 4:14
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For if they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void: the promise is made of no effect.

1 Corinthians 1:13
Is Christ divided? Was Paul then crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

Galatians 3:18
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise. But God gave it to Abraham by promise.

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

For if.

Romans 4:16 Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm 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,

Galatians 2:21 I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the law, then Christ died in vain.

Galatians 3:18-24 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise. But God gave it to Abraham by promise. . . .

Galatians 5:4 You are made void of Christ, you who are justified in the law: you are fallen from grace.

Philippians 3:9 And may be found in him, not having my justice, which is of the law, but that which is of the faith of Christ Jesus, which is of God: justice in faith.

Hebrews 7:19,28 For the law brought nothing to perfection: but a bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh to God. . . .

made.

Romans 3:31 Do we then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid! But we establish the law.

Numbers 30:12,15 But if forthwith he gainsay it, she shall not be bound by the promise: because her husband gainsaid it, and the Lord will be merciful to her. . . .

Psalm 119:126 It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.

Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 19:7 And I will defeat the counsel of Juda and of Jerusalem in this place: and I will destroy them with the sword in the sight of their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their carcasses to be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth.

Context
Abraham Receives the Promise
13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world: but through the justice of faith. 14For if they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void: the promise is made of no effect. 15For the law worketh wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.…
Lexicon
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

those
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

[who live by]
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

[the] Law
νόμου (nomou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.

[are] heirs,
κληρονόμοι (klēronomoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2818: From kleros and the base of nomos (reflexively) getting by apportionment); a sharer by lot, i.e. Inheritor; by implication, a possessor.

faith
πίστις (pistis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

is useless
κεκένωται (kekenōtai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2758: (a) I empty, (b) I deprive of content, make unreal. From kenos; to make empty, i.e. to abase, neutralize, falsify.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

promise
ἐπαγγελία (epangelia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1860: A promise. From epaggello; an announcement.

is worthless,
κατήργηται (katērgētai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2673: From kata and argeo; to be entirely idle, literally or figuratively.


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

For if those of the Law are heirs, faith has been made void and the promise made of no effect.

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

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

For if they which [are] of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.

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

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

For if it is the righteous through Law who are heirs, then faith is useless and the promise counts for nothing.

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

for if they who are of law are heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;
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