Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.
New American Standard Bible
Do we then nullify
King James Version
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Holman Bible
Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not!
International Standard Version
Do we, then, abolish the Law by this faith? Of course not! Instead, we uphold the Law.
A Conservative Version
Do we then make law void through faith? May it not happen! Instead, we establish law.
American Standard Version
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
Amplified
Do we then nullify the Law by this faith [making the Law of no effect, overthrowing it]? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law [since it convicts us all of sin, pointing to the need for salvation].
An Understandable Version
Do we then [intend to] destroy law [observance] because faith [in Christ is now required]? Certainly not! But [instead], we uphold [the validity of] law.
Anderson New Testament
Do we, then, make law void through the faith? It can not be. On the other hand, we establish law.
Bible in Basic English
Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.
Common New Testament
Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Daniel Mace New Testament
do we then make the law useless by our doctrine of faith? by no means; on the contrary, it is we that observe the law.
Darby Translation
Do we then make void law by faith? Far be the thought: no, but we establish law.
Godbey New Testament
Then do we make void the law through faith? It could not be so: but we establish the law.
Goodspeed New Testament
Is this using faith to overthrow law? Far from it. This confirms the Law.
John Wesley New Testament
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Julia Smith Translation
Therefore shall we leave the law inactive by faith It may not be: but we should establish the law.
King James 2000
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore, do we nullify the law through faith? May it never be! But we uphold the law.
Modern King James verseion
Do we then make the Law void through faith? Let it not be! But we establish the Law.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Do we then destroy the law through faith? God forbid. But we, rather, maintain the law.
Moffatt New Testament
Then 'by this faith' we 'cancel the Law'? Not for one moment! We uphold the Law.
Montgomery New Testament
Do we then render law invalid through faith? Certainly not; on the contrary we make it stand.
NET Bible
Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.
New Heart English Bible
Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be. No, we establish the law.
Noyes New Testament
Do we then make void the Law through faith? Far be it! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
Sawyer New Testament
Do we then abrogate the law by the faith? By no means; but we establish the law.
The Emphasized Bible
Do we then make, law, void through means of our faith? Far be it! On the contrary, law, we do establish!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Do we then abolish the law through faith? God forbid: but on the contrary, we give the law stability.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Do we, then, use this faith to abolish Law? Heaven forbid! No, we establish Law.
Webster
Do we then make void the law through faith? By no means: but we establish the law.
Williams New Testament
Do we then through faith make null and void the law? Not at all; instead, we confirm it.
World English Bible
Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
Worrell New Testament
Do we, then, make void the law through faith? It could not be! Yea, we establish the law.
Worsley New Testament
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea we establish the law.
Youngs Literal Translation
Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.
Themes
Faith/faithfulness » What is achieved through and by faith
Justification before God » By faith » Does not make void the law
Interlinear
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Dia
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References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 3:31
Prayers for Romans 3:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Boasting Excluded
30 unless you can deny that it is one and the same God who will pronounce the circumcised to be acquitted on the ground of faith, and the uncircumcised to be acquitted through the same faith. 31 Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.
Cross References
Matthew 5:17
"Do not for a moment suppose that I have come to abrogate the Law or the Prophets: I have not come to abrogate them but to give them their completion.
Romans 8:4
in order that in our case the requirements of the Law might be fully met. For our lives are regulated not by our earthly, but by our spiritual natures.
Matthew 3:15
"Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented;
Matthew 5:20
For I assure you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses that of the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will certainly not find entrance into the Kingdom of the Heavens.
Matthew 15:6
he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.
Romans 3:4
No, indeed; let us hold God to be true, though every man should prove to be false. As it stands written, "That Thou mayest be shown to be just in the sentence Thou pronouncest, and gain Thy cause when Thou contendest."
Romans 4:14
For if it is the righteous through Law who are heirs, then faith is useless and the promise counts for nothing.
Romans 7:7-14
What follows? Is the Law itself a sinful thing? No, indeed; on the contrary, unless I had been taught by the Law, I should have known nothing of sin as sin. For instance, I should not have known what covetousness is, if the Law had not repeatedly said, "Thou shalt not covet."
Romans 7:22
For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God;
Romans 7:25
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!)
Romans 10:4
For as a means of righteousness Christ is the termination of Law to every believer.
Romans 13:8-10
Owe nothing to any one except mutual love; for he who loves his fellow man has satisfied the demands of Law.
1 Corinthians 9:21
to men without Law as if I were without Law--although I am not without Law in relation to God but am abiding in Christ's Law--in order to win those who are without Law.
Galatians 2:19
for it is by the Law that I have died to the Law, in order that I may live to God.
Galatians 2:21
I do not nullify the grace of God; for if acquittal from guilt is obtainable through the Law, then Christ has died in vain."
Galatians 3:17-19
I mean that the Covenant which God had already formally made is not abrogated by the Law which was given four hundred and thirty years later--so as to annul the promise.
Galatians 5:18-23
But if the Spirit is leading you, you are not subject to Law.
Hebrews 10:15-16
And the Holy Spirit also gives us His testimony; for when He had said,
James 2:8-12
If, however, you are keeping the Law as supreme, in obedience to the Commandment which says "You are to love your fellow man just as you love yourself," you are acting rightly.