'Inoperative' in the Bible
But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak.
For [God does not overlook sin and] the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who in their wickedness suppress and stifle the truth,
After that comes the end (completion), when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after He has made inoperative and abolished every ruler and every authority and power.
He rendered the Law inoperative, along with its commandments and regulations, thus creating in himself one new humanity from the two, thereby making peace,
So too, faith, if it does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective].