Romans 4:13-17

New King James Version

The Promise Granted Through Faith

¹³For the promise that he would be the ^(A)heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴For ^(B)if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, ¹⁵because ^(C)the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

¹⁶Therefore it is of faith that it might be ^(D)according to grace, ^(E)so that the promise might be ^[a]sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, ^(F)who is the father of us all ¹⁷(as it is written, ^(G)“I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, ^(H)who gives life to the dead and calls those ^(I)things which do not exist as though they did;

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Romans 4:13-17

New International Version

¹³It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise^(A) that he would be heir of the world,^(B) but through the righteousness that comes by faith.^(C) ¹⁴For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless,^(D) ¹⁵because the law brings wrath.^(E) And where there is no law there is no transgression.^(F)

¹⁶Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace^(G) and may be guaranteed^(H) to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.^(I) ¹⁷As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”^[a]^(J) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life^(K) to the dead and calls^(L) into being things that were not.^(M)