Romans 4:13-18 The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

Common⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For if those who are of the law are to be the heirs, faith has no value and the promise is void, ¹⁵ because the law brings wrath, for where there is no law there is no transgression. ¹⁶ Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all his descendantsnot only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all ¹⁷ (as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls things that do not exist as though they did. ¹⁸ In hope, he believed against hope, so that he became the father of many nations; as he had been told, "So shall your descendants be."