Romans 4:13
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
In other versions
For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.
ASV
For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
BBE
For [it was] not by law that the promise was to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of [the] world, but by righteousness of faith.
DBY
For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
WEB
For not through law `is' the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;
YLT
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
ENG
For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
WBT
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
BSB
In context
11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
13For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Abraham