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


In Context

12 And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

13 It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

14 For if those who live by law are heirs, faith has no value and the promise is worthless,

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

16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by 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.

17 As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed--the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:15For the law worketh wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there 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.