Romans 4:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Romans 4:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Romans 4:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Romans 4:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Romans 4:13 — World English Bible
Romans 4:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Romans 4:13 — American Standard Version
Romans 4:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For not through law <FI>is<Fi> the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;”
Romans 4:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Romans 4:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Romans 4:13 — Darby Translation
Romans 4:13 GEN — 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.”
Romans 4:13 — Geneva Bible
Romans 4:13 in Context — Romans 4
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.
What Does Romans 4:13 Mean?
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