Luómǎshū 4:14

14 Ruò shì shǔ hū lǜfǎ de rén , cái dé wéi hòusì , xìn jiù guīyú xū kòng , yīngxǔ yĕ jiù feìqì le .

Luómǎshū 4:14 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 4:14

For if they which are of the law be heirs
That is, if the Jews who are under the law, and are seeking for righteousness and life by the works of it, should, on the account of their obedience to it, be heirs of the grace of life and of glory,

faith is made void;
for if the right to the inheritance is by the works of the law, there is no room for faith; that can be of no use or service;

and the promise made of none effect:
if salvation is by works, it is to no purpose for God to promise, or men to believe; for the thing promised depends not upon God's promise, but upon man's obedience to the law; and if that is not perfectly observed, as it cannot possibly be, then the promise of God stands for nothing, and is in course made void. The apostle here argues from the absurdities which follow upon the doctrine of justification by works, as he does from the different effects of the law, in the following verse.

Luómǎshū 4:14 In-Context

12 Yòu zuò shòu gēlǐ zhī rén de fù , jiù shì nàxiē búdàn shòu gēlǐ , bìngqiĕ àn wǒmen de zǔzong Yàbólāhǎn , wèi shòu gēlǐ ér xìn zhī zōng jī qù xíng de rén .

13 Yīnwei shén yīngxǔ Yàbólāhǎn hé tā hòuyì , bì dé chéngshòu shìjiè , bú shì yīn lǜfǎ , nǎi shì yīn xìn ér dé de yì .

14 Ruò shì shǔ hū lǜfǎ de rén , cái dé wéi hòusì , xìn jiù guīyú xū kòng , yīngxǔ yĕ jiù feìqì le .

15 Yīnwei lǜfǎ shì rĕ dòng fèn nù de . ( huò zuò jiào rén shòuxíng de ) nàli méiyǒu lǜfǎ , nàli jiù méiyǒu guō fàn .

16 Suǒyǐ rén dé wéi hòusì shì bĕnhū xìn . yīncǐ jiù shǔ hū ēn . jiào yīngxǔ déng rán guī gĕi yīqiè hòuyì . búdàn guī gĕi nà shǔ hū lǜfǎ de , yĕ guī gĕi nà xiàofǎ Yàbólāhǎn zhī xìn de .