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.


In Context

10 How was it then 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 yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

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

13 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.

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

15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

Romans 4:13 in Other Translations

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 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.