Romans 4:13 “For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of…”

Romans 4:13

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he would be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of 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.

Young's 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;

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.

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Cross references

“For the”

Genesis 28:14 Psalm 2:8 Genesis 17:16 Genesis 12:3 Genesis 49:10 Psalm 72:11

Genesis 28:14 · BSB

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Psalm 2:8 · BSB

Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

Genesis 17:16 · BSB

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

Genesis 12:3 · BSB

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you. ”

Genesis 49:10 · BSB

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

Psalm 72:11 · BSB

May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

“through the”

Galatians 3:29 Galatians 3:16–18

Galatians 3:29 · BSB

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

Galatians 3:16–18 · BSB

The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

Also

Romans 9:8

Romans 9:8 · BSB

So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

14For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,

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