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, “(G)A father of many nations have I made you”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, (H)who gives life to the dead and [e](I)calls into being (J)that which does 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
  5. Romans 4:17 Lit calls the things which do not exist as existing