OET interlinear ROM 4:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

For here gives the reason why Abraham is the spiritual “father” of both non-Jews and Jews, as stated in 4:11–12. Use a natural way in your language for indicating a reason. Alternate translation: “This is due to the fact that”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἡ ἐπαγγελία & τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν εἶναι κόσμου

the promise_‹was› & that heir him to_be ˱of˲_/the/_world

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of promise and heir, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “God promised … that he would inherit the world”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

ἢ

or

Here, the world translated or indicates that the promise is to Abraham and his seed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and also”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ

¬the the descendants ˱of˲_him

Here Paul uses seed to refer to “offspring.” Just as plants produce seeds that grow into many more plants, so people can have many offspring. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to his descendants”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

κόσμου

˱of˲_/the/_world

Here the world could refer to: (1) all the land of the world. Although God had promised to give the land of Canaan to Abraham’s descendants, the Jews in Paul’s time understood that this promise included the whole earth. This will indeed take place when Jesus, a descendent of Abraham, rules over the whole world. Alternate expression: “of all the land in the world” (2) the people who live in the world, as in 3:19. Alternate translation: “of the people who live in the world”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐ & διὰ νόμου & ἀλλὰ διὰ δικαιοσύνης

not & by law & but by righteousness

Here the word translated as through indicates the means by which God gave the promise. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “was not by means of the law but by means of the righteousness” or “was not on the basis of the law but on the basis of the righteousness”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

νόμου

law

See how you translated the law in 3:21.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

δικαιοσύνης πίστεως

righteousness ˱in˲_faith

See how you translated the similar phrase in 4:11.