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Romans 4:13–14
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Romans 4:13
13For 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.
13For the promise that he should be the heire of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.
Romans 4:14
14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
14For if they which are of the law be heires, faith is made voide, and the promise made of none effect.
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DEFINED WORDS
Romans 4:13
An assurance or pledge that something will be done or given; as a verb, to give such an assurance or pledge.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
One appointed or entitled to receive the promised possession, righteousness, or inheritance from God.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Trust, belief, confidence, or reliance; especially trust in God and belief in his word, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Romans 4:14
A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Persons entitled or appointed to inherit; in Scripture, persons appointed to receive what is granted by descent, promise, righteousness, salvation, or grace.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Trust, belief, confidence, or reliance; especially trust in God and belief in his word, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Empty, vacant, lacking, or without effect; as a verb, to empty or make of no effect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An assurance or pledge that something will be done or given; as a verb, to give such an assurance or pledge.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A result, force, or accomplished outcome; also to bring something to pass.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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From verse 13
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Open the full verse study29And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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Open the full verse study14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
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Open the full verse study17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
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Open the full verse study8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
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Open the full verse study8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
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Open the full verse study4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
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Open the full verse study16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
18For 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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Open the full verse study16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
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Open the full verse study3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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Open the full verse study10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
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Open the full verse study11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
From verse 14
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Open the full verse study18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
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Open the full verse study19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
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Open the full verse study9And 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:
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Open the full verse study21I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
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Open the full verse study28For 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.
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Open the full verse study11So 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.
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Open the full verse study31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
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Open the full verse study16Therefore 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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Open the full verse study4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
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Open the full verse study7And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
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Open the full verse study12But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the Lord shall forgive her.
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Open the full verse study15But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
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Open the full verse study126It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.
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