Verse List for ROM 4:13

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OET (OET-RV) It wasn’t because of his obeying the law that it was promised that Abraham or his descendants would inherit the world, but because of his righteousness that came from his faith,

OET-LV For/Because not by law the promise was to_ the _Abraʼam or the descendants of _him, that heir him to _be of_the_world, but by righteousness in _faith.

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

UST This is true because when God promised Abraham and those who descend from him that the whole world would belong to him, God did not promise this because Abraham obeyed the laws God gave the Jews. Rather, God promised this because God had made Abraham righteous because Abraham trusted in him.

BSB 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.

MSB 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.

BLB For the promise was to Abraham or his descendants that he should be heir of the world, not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

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

OEB For the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through Law, but through the righteousness due to faith.

WEBBE & WMBB 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.

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

LSV 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;

FBV God's promise to Abraham and his descendants that the world would belong to him was not based on his keeping of the law, but because he was made right through his trust in God.

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

T4T God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would receive the blessings that he promised to give to the people in the world. But when he promised that, it was not because Abraham obeyed the laws that God later gave to Moses. Instead, it was because Abraham believed that God would do what he promised that he would do. As a result, God erased the record of his sins.

LEB ¶  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.

BBE 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.

Moff The promise made to Abraham and his offspring that he should inherit the world, did not reach him through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Wymth Again, the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his posterity conditioned by Law, but by faith-righteousness.

ASV 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.

DRA 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.

YLT 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;

Drby 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.

RV 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.

SLT For not by the law, the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, for him to be heir of the world, but by the justice of faith.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 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.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde, was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe, but through the ryghteousnes of fayth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Gnva 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.
(For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not given to Abraham, or to his seed, through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.)

Cvdl For the promes (that he shulde be ye heyre of the worlde) was not made vnto Abraham or to his sede thorow the lawe, but thorow the righteousnes of faith.
(For the promes (that he should be ye/you_all heir of the world) was not made unto Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.)

TNT For the promes that he shuld be the heyre of the worlde was not geven to Abraham or to his seed thorow the lawe: but thorow the rightewesnes which cometh of fayth.
(For the promes that he should be the heir of the world was not given to Abraham or to his seed through the law: but through the righteousness which cometh/comes of faith.)

Wycl For not bi the lawe is biheest to Abraham, or to his seed, that he schulde be eir of the world, but bi the riytwisnesse of feith.
(For not by the law is behest/promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but by the righteousness of faith.)

Luth Denn die Verheißung, daß er sollte sein der Welt Erbe, ist nicht geschehen Abraham oder seinem Samen durchs Gesetz, sondern durch die Gerechtigkeit des Glaubens.
(Because the promise(n), that he should be the/of_the world heritage, is not happen Abraham or his seed(s) through law, rather through the justice the faiths.)

ClVg Non enim per legem promissio Abrahæ, aut semini ejus ut hæres esset mundi: sed per justitiam fidei.[fn]
(Not/No because through the_law promise Abraham, or seed his/her as heir was world: but through justice of_faith.)

SR-GNT Οὐ γὰρ διὰ νόμου ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἢ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ, τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν εἶναι κόσμου, ἀλλὰ διὰ δικαιοσύνης πίστεως. ‡

UGNT οὐ γὰρ διὰ νόμου ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἢ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ, τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν εἶναι κόσμου, ἀλλὰ διὰ δικαιοσύνης πίστεως.

SBL-GNT Οὐ γὰρ διὰ νόμου ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἢ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ, τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν ⸀εἶναι κόσμου, ἀλλὰ διὰ δικαιοσύνης πίστεως·

RP-GNT Οὐ γὰρ διὰ νόμου ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἢ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ, τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου, ἀλλὰ διὰ δικαιοσύνης πίστεως.

TC-GNT Οὐ γὰρ διὰ νόμου ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῷ Ἁβραὰμ ἢ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ, τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν εἶναι [fn]τοῦ κόσμου, ἀλλὰ διὰ δικαιοσύνης πίστεως.