Romans 4:13

Tree of Life Version

For the promise to Abraham or to his seed—to become heir of the world—was not through law, but through the righteousness based on trust.

Cross References

Genesis 12:3

My desire is to bless those who bless you, but whoever curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son from her. I will bless her and she will give rise to nations. Kings of the peoples will come from her.”

Genesis 28:14

Your seed will be as the dust of the land, and you will burst forth to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed—and in your seed.

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not pass from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs will come. To him will be the obedience of the peoples.

Psalm 2:8

Ask Me, and I will give the nations as Your inheritance, and the far reaches of the earth as Your possession.

Psalm 72:11

So let all kings bow down before him, and all nations serve him.

Acts 13:32

“And we proclaim to you Good News—the promise to the fathers has arrived!

Romans 4:12

Also he is the father of the circumcised, to those not only circumcised but also walking in the footsteps of the trust of our father Abraham before his circumcision.

Romans 9:8

That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God; rather, the children of the promise are counted as seed.

Galatians 3:29

And if you belong to Messiah, then you are Abraham’s seed—heirs according to the promise.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when warned about events not yet seen, in holy fear prepared an ark for the safety of his household. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 7:6

But this one—who did not have their genealogy—has collected tithes from Abraham and has blessed him, the one holding the promises.