Romans 4:13-25 - The Promise To Abraham Secured Through Faith

¹³ 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. ¹⁴ For, if they who are of law are heirs, made void is faith and of no effect is the promise. ¹⁵ For, the law, worketh out anger, but, where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

¹⁶ For this cause, it is by faith, in order that it may be by way of favour, so that the promise is firm unto all the seed, - not unto that by the law only, but unto that also which is such by the faith of Abraham; who is father of us all, - ¹⁷ Even as it is written - Father of many nations, have I appointed thee: before him whom he believed - God, who causeth the dead to live, and calleth the things that are not as things that are: - ¹⁸ Who, past hope, upon hope believed, so that he became father of many nations, - according to what had been said - So shall be thy seed; - ¹⁹ And, without becoming weak in his faith, he attentively considered his own body, already deadened - he being a hundred years old, the deadening also of Sarah's womb; ²⁰ In respect, however, of the promise of God, he was not led to hesitate by unbelief, but received power by his faith, giving glory unto God, ²¹ And being fully persuaded (that), - what he hath promised, able is he also to perform: ²² Wherefore also, it was reckoned unto him as righteousness. ²³ Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was reckoned unto him, ²⁴ But for our sakes also - unto whom it is to be reckoned, - even unto them that believe upon him who raised Jesus our Lord from among the dead: ²⁵ Who was delivered up on account of our offences and was raised on account of the declaring us righteous.