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Romans 4:14 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œFor if they which are of the law {be} heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:”

Romans 4:14

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And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which {he had} being {yet} uncircumcised.

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For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, {was} not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

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

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Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, {there is} no transgression.

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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 is the father of us all,

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