15 for (A)the Law brings about wrath, but (B)where there is no law, there also is no violation.

16 For this reason it is [a]by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with (C)grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to (D)all the [b]descendants, not only to [c]those who are of the Law, but also to [d](E)those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is (F)the father of us all, 17 (as it is written: “I have made you (G)a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, that is, God, (H)who gives life to the dead and (I)calls into being (J)things that do not exist.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:16 Or out of
  2. Romans 4:16 Lit seed
  3. Romans 4:16 Lit that which is
  4. Romans 4:16 Lit that which is

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