1. What then, etc. This is a confirmation by example; and it is a very strong one, since all things are alike with regard to the subject and the person; for he was the father of the faithful, to whom we ought all to be conformed; and there is also…
KJVFor 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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4 additional translationsFor 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.
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.
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;
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.
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New TestamentRomans — Apostolic writings (New Testament).