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Source language
Original Greek   
νόμον οὖν καταργοῦμεν διὰ τῆς πίστεως; μὴ γένοιτο, ἀλλὰ νόμον ⸀ἱστάνομεν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
nomon oun katargoumen dia tes pisteos; me genoito, alla nomon ristanomen.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
legem ergo destruimus per fidem absit sed legem statuimus

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yes, we establish the law.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
New King James Version   
Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
21st Century King James Version   
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid! Yea, we establish the law.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Are we eliminating The Written Law by faith? God forbid, but we are establishing The Written Law.
Darby Bible Translation   
Do we then make void law by faith? Far be the thought: no, but we establish law.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Do we, then, destroy the law through faith? God forbid: but we establish the law.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
God's Word   
Are we abolishing Moses' Teachings by this faith? That's unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting Moses' Teachings.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
International Standard Version   
Do we, then, abolish the Law by this faith? Of course not! Instead, we uphold the Law.
NET Bible   
Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.
New American Standard Bible   
Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
New International Version   
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
New Living Translation   
Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Do we then make void the law through faith? By no means: but we establish the law.
Weymouth New Testament   
Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.
The World English Bible   
Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
EasyEnglish Bible   
What does this show us about God's Law which he gave to Moses? When we say that all people need to believe in Jesus, does that mean that God's Law has no purpose? No! When we believe in Jesus, we are showing the true purpose of God's Law.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.
New Life Version   
Does this mean that we do away with the Law when we put our trust in Christ? No, not at all. It means we know the Law is important.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Do we then make the Law of no effect through faith? Absolutely not! Rather, we establish the Law.
The Voice Bible   
So are we trying to use faith to abolish the law? Absolutely not! In fact, we now are free to uphold the law as God intended.
Living Bible   
Well then, if we are saved by faith, does this mean that we no longer need obey God’s laws? Just the opposite! In fact, only when we trust Jesus can we truly obey him.
New Catholic Bible   
Are we thereby nullifying the Law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we are upholding the Law.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Do we then abolish the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Do we then make void the law through faith? No, in no wise; to the contrary, we establish the law.
Christian Standard Bible   
Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Do we then by [this] faith make the Law of no effect, overthrow it or make it a dead letter? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law.
New Century Version   
So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? No! Faith causes us to be what the law truly wants.
The Message   
But by shifting our focus from what we do to what God does, don’t we cancel out all our careful keeping of the rules and ways God commanded? Not at all. What happens, in fact, is that by putting that entire way of life in its proper place, we confirm it.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
So are we doing away with the law by this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we are upholding the law.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Do we therefore nullify the law through · faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
New Matthew Bible   
Do we then destroy the law through faith? God forbid. But we rather maintain the law.
Good News Translation®   
Does this mean that by this faith we do away with the Law? No, not at all; instead, we uphold the Law.
Wycliffe Bible   
Destroy we therefore the law by faith? God forbid [Far be it]; but we stablish the law.
New Testament for Everyone   
Do we then abolish the law through faith? Certainly not! Rather, we establish the law.
Contemporary English Version   
Do we destroy the Law by our faith? Not at all! We make it even more powerful.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Are we then undermining the Law by this insistence on faith? Not a bit of it! We put the Law in its proper place.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Do we then overthrow the law through this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Do we then cancel the Law through this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we confirm the Law.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
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].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Are we then annulling the law by this faith? Of course not! On the contrary, we are supporting the law.
New American Standard Bible   
Do we then nullify the Law through faith? Far from it! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
The Expanded Bible   
So do we ·destroy [nullify; annul] the law by ·following the way of faith [L faith]? ·No [Absolutely not; May it never be; v. 6]! ·Faith causes us to be what the law truly wants [L We uphold/establish/support the law; C living by faith captures the true spirit and purpose of the law; the law pointed out sin and the need for grace, thereby pointing to Christ].
Tree of Life Version   
Do we then nullify the Torah through faithfulness? May it never be! On the contrary, we uphold the Torah.
Revised Standard Version   
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
New International Reader's Version   
Does faith make the law useless? Not at all! We agree with the law.
BRG Bible   
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Does it follow that we abolish Torah by this trusting? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, we confirm Torah.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
When we believe, does that make the law no good to us? No. That is not so. When we believe, we show that the law is right.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Does it follow that we abolish Torah and make it invalid through emunah? Chas v’shalom! Aderaba (to the contrary), we uphold the Torah.
Names of God Bible   
Are we abolishing the laws in the Scriptures by this faith? That’s unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting these laws.
Modern English Version   
Do we then make the law void through faith? God forbid! Instead, we establish the law.
Easy-to-Read Version   
So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? Not at all! In fact, faith causes us to be what the law actually wants.
International Children’s Bible   
So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? No! Faith causes us to be what the law truly wants.
Lexham English Bible   
Therefore, do we nullify the law through faith? May it never be! But we uphold the law.
New International Version - UK   
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Do we then nullify the Law through the faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.