Romans Chapter 4 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV Romans 4:14

For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:
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BBE Romans 4:14

For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;
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DARBY Romans 4:14

For if they which [are] of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.
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KJV Romans 4:14

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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WBT Romans 4:14


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WEB Romans 4:14

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

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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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14-17) This Messianic kingdom cannot have anything to do with law; for if it had, faith and the promise would cease to have any office. Faith and law cannot co-exist. They are the opposites of each other. The proper effect of law is punishment; for law only exposes sin. Faith, on the other hand, is the real key to the inheritance. It sets in motion grace; and grace, unlike law, excludes no one. It is open alike to the legal and to the spiritual descendants of Abraham; in other words (as the Scripture itself testifies), to all mankind, as the representative of whom Abraham stands before God.(14) Is made void.--Literally, emptied of its meaning, becomes an empty name, and the promise is rendered nugatory. There is nothing left for either to do, if the votaries of law, simply as such, are to be the inheritors of the Messianic kingdom.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekForγὰρ (gar)ConjunctionStrong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.ifεἰ (ei)ConjunctionStrong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.thoseοἱ (hoi)Article - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 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)PrepositionStrong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.[the] Lawνόμου (nomou)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 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 PluralStrong's 2818: From kleros and the base of nomos (reflexively) getting by apportionment); a sharer by lot, i.e. Inheritor; by implication, a possessor.faithπίστις (pistis)Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularStrong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. is uselessκεκένωται (kekenōtai)Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 2758: (a) I empty, (b) I deprive of content, make unreal. From kenos; to make empty, i.e. to abase, neutralize, falsify.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. theἡ (hē)Article - Nominative Feminine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.promiseἐπαγγελία (epangelia)Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularStrong's 1860: A promise. From epaggello; an announcement.is worthless,κατήργηται (katērgētai)Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 2673: From kata and argeo; to be entirely idle, literally or figuratively.Jump to PreviousAdherents Counts Effect Faith Heirs Heritage Law Null Nullified Power Promise Righteous Use Useless Vain Value Void Word Worthless