Be heirs (klhronomoi). No predicate in the Greek (eisin). See on Galatians 4:1. If legalists are heirs of the Messianic promise to Abraham (condition of first class, assumed as true for argument's sake), the faith is emptied of all meaning (kekenwtai, perfect passive indicative of kenow) and the promise to Abraham is made permanently idle (kathrghtai).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 4:14:
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