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13 For not through law was the promise to Abraham or his seed for him to be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those of the law are heirs, faith has been made void and the promise has been nullified. 15 For the law brings about wrath; and where there is no law, neither is there transgression. 16 Because of this it is of faith, so that it may be according to grace for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to that of the law, but also to that of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (as it has been written: “A father of many nations I have set you”) before Him whom he believed—God, the One making alive the dead and calling existing the things not as existing— 18 who against hope in hope believed, for him to become the father of many nations, according to that having been spoken, “So will your seed be.” 19 And not having become weak in the faith, he considered his body already having become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 Yet he did not doubt in unbelief in the promise of God, but was empowered in faith, having given glory to God, 21 and having been fully assured that what He has promised, He is also able to do. 22 Therefore also “it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” 23 Now it was not written because of him alone that “it was reckoned to him,” 24 but also because of us, to whom it is about to be reckoned, to those believing on the One having raised Jesus our Lord out from the dead, 25 who was delivered over because of our trespasses, and was raised because of our justification. Romans 4:13-25, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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