13For 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.


In Context

10 How then has it been reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

11 And he received the sign of circumcision as seal of the righteousness of faith which he had being in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all them that believe being in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also;

12 and father of circumcision, not only to those who are of the circumcision, but to those also who walk in the steps of the faith, during uncircumcision, of our father Abraham.

13 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.

14 For if they which are of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.

15 For law works wrath; but where no law is neither is there transgression.

Romans 4:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13For 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:13It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world; but through the justice of faith.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:13For 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:13For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13For 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13For 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13For 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.