Romans 4:13

For the promise that he should be the heire of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

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 of faith.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
- Basic English Bible

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

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.
- Darby Bible

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 justice of faith.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

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.
- English Revised Version

For 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.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Romans 4:13

4:13 The promise, that he should be the heir of the world - Is the same as that he should be the father of all nations, namely, of those in all nations who receive the blessing. The whole world was promised to him and them conjointly. Christ is the heir of the world, and of all things; and so are all Abraham's seed, all that believe in him with the faith of Abraham