Parallel Verses
Amplified
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through [observing the requirements of] the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
For the promise to Abraham
International Standard Version
For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the Law, but through the righteousness produced by faith.
A Conservative Version
For the promise to Abraham or to his seed, for him to be heir of the world, was not through law, but through a righteousness of faith.
American Standard Version
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.
An Understandable Version
For it was not through [obedience to] law [See 3:31] that the promise to Abraham or his descendants of inheriting [the best of] the world [was made], but through their being considered righteous because of faith [in God].
Anderson New Testament
For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, nor to his posterity, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Besides, the promise that he should possess the world, was not made to Abraham, or to his posterity in consideration of the law, but with regard to the righteousness by faith.
Darby Translation
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.
Godbey New Testament
For the promise to Abraham or his seed, that he should be the heir of the world, was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Goodspeed New Testament
For the promise made to Abraham and his descendants that the world should belong to him did not come to him or his descendants through the Law, but through the uprightness that resulted from his faith.
John Wesley New Testament
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham or to his seed by the law, but by the righteousness of faith.
Julia Smith Translation
For not by the law, the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, for him to be heir of the world, but by the justice of faith.
King James 2000
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, [that] he would be heir of the world, [was] not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith.
Modern King James verseion
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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the promise that he should be heir of the world was not given to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law: but through the righteousness which cometh of faith.
Moffatt New Testament
The promise made to Abraham and his offspring that he should inherit the world, did not reach him through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Montgomery New Testament
For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith-righteousness.
NET Bible
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
New Heart English Bible
For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Noyes New Testament
For not through the Law was the promise made to Abraham or his offspring that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.
Sawyer New Testament
For the promise to Abraham and his posterity that he should inherit the world was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
The Emphasized Bible
For, not through means of law, doth the promise belong unto Abraham or unto his seed, - that he should be heir of thee world; but, through a righteousness by faith.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For not by the law [came] the promise to Abraham and his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but by the righteousness of faith.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through Law, but through the righteousness due to faith.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
Again, the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his posterity conditioned by Law, but by faith-righteousness.
Williams New Testament
For the promise made to Abraham and his descendants, that he should own the world, was not conditioned on the law, but on the right standing he had with God through faith.
World English Bible
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.
Worrell New Testament
For, not through law, was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but it was through the righteousness of faith.
Worsley New Testament
For the promise made to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness of faith:
Youngs Literal Translation
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;
Themes
Bigotry » Paul's argument against
Circumcision » Promises to abraham previous to
The promises of God » The inheritance of the saints is of
The promises of God » Are » Through the righteousness of faith
Righteousness imputed » Described as » The righteousness of faith
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 4:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Promise To Abraham Secured Through Faith
12
and [that he would be] the [spiritual] father of those circumcised who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had before he was circumcised.
13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through [observing the requirements of] the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Galatians 3:29
And if you belong to Christ [if you are in Him], then you are Abraham’s descendants, and [spiritual] heirs according to [God’s] promise.
Genesis 17:4-6
“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And [as a result] you shall be the father of many nations.
Genesis 12:3
And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you,
And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you.
And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed.”
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her, and indeed I will also give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
Genesis 22:17-18
indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [as conquerors].
Genesis 28:14
Your descendants shall be as [countless as] the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and all the families (nations) of the earth shall be blessed through you and your
Genesis 49:10
“The scepter [of royalty] shall not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
Until Shiloh [the Messiah, the Peaceful One] comes,
And to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Psalm 2:8
‘Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth as Your possession.
Psalm 72:11
Yes, all kings will bow down before him,
All nations will serve him.
Romans 9:8
That is, it is not the children of the body [Abraham’s natural descendants] who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are counted as [Abraham’s true] descendants.
Galatians 3:16-18
Now the promises [in the covenants] were decreed to Abraham and to his seed. God does not say, “And to seeds (descendants, heirs),” as if [referring] to many [persons], but as to one, “And to your Seed,” who is [none other than] Christ.