Romans 4:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

Cross References

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves.”

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her; I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”

Genesis 28:14

and your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves.

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

Psalm 2:8

Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

Psalm 72:11

May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him!

Acts 13:32

And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,

Romans 4:12

and likewise the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but also follow the example of the faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Romans 9:8

This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned as descendants.

Galatians 3:29

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, took heed and constructed an ark for the saving of his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.

Hebrews 7:6

But this man who has not their genealogy received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.