15For the law worketh wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.


In Context

12 And might be the father of circumcision; not to them only, that are of the circumcision, but to them also that follow the steps of the faithful, that is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

13 For not through the law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world; but through the justice of faith.

14 For if they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, the promise is made of no effect.

15 For the law worketh wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

16 Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm 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,

17 (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations,) before God, whom he believed, who quickeneth the dead; and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.

Romans 4:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, [there is] no transgression.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:15because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:15for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15For law works wrath; but where no law is neither is there transgression.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:15for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither is transgression.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15Because the law works wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.