Romans 4:14 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
νόμου	nomou	[the] Law [are]	G3551 →
κληρονόμοι,	klēronomoi	heirs,	G2818 →
κεκένωται	kekenōtai	has been made void	G2758 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
πίστις	pistis	faith	G4102 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
κατήργηται	katērgētai	has been nullified	G2673 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἐπαγγελία·	epangelia	promise;	G1860 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 3:9
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
leads to
- Galatians 2:16
  know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
  It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- Romans 4:13–15
  For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Romans 4:5–6
  However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
Through
Galatians 2:21
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
leads to
- Romans 11:6
  And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
- Galatians 3:21
  Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
- Hebrews 7:11
  Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Galatians 3:18–24For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.Galatians 3:12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”Philippians 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.Hebrews 7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.Romans 4:16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.Hebrews 7:28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.Isaiah 55:11so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.Psalms 119:126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.Jeremiah 19:7And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.Numbers 30:12But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.Numbers 30:15But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”Galatians 5:4You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

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