Romans 4:13-18 For not through law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

ABU⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ For not through law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For if they that are of law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect. ¹⁵ For the law works wrath; for where there is no law, neither is there transgression. ¹⁶ For this cause it is of faith, that it may be by grace; in order that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, ¹⁷ (as it is written: A father of many nations have I made thee,) before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things that are not as though they were; ¹⁸ who against hope believed in hope, that he should become father of many nations, according to that which was spoken: So shall thy seed be.