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;


In Context

10 how then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

11 and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

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

13 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;

14 for if they who are of law are heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;

15 for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither is 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 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 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.