¹³For the promise to Abraham ^hor to his descendants that he would inherit the world ⁱwas not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. ^j

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Footnotes

j4:13 righteousness of faith

Cross references

h4:13 Rm 9:8; Gl 3:16; Heb 6:15, 17; 7:6; 11:9, 17
i4:13 Gn 17:4–6; 21:17–18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It was not through the 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

NLTNew Living Translation

Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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