Romans 4:13
Parallel Translations


NASB: 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. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: So it was not by obeying Moses' Teachings that Abraham or his descendants received the promise that he would inherit the world. Rather, it was through God's approval of his faith. (GOD'S WORD®)
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.
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.
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.
DBY: 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.
WEY: Again, the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his posterity conditioned by Law, but by faith-righteousness.
WBS: 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.
WEB: 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.
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;

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