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.


In Context

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

11 and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;

12 and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.

13 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.

14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:

15 for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13For 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.

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.