I will bless people who bless you, and I will curse people who curse [71] you. I will use you to bless all the people on earth.”
Romans 4:13 - Easy To Read Version Abraham {\cf2\super [39]} and his descendants {\cf2\super [40]} received the promise that they would get the whole world. But Abraham did not receive that promise because he followed the law. {\cf2\super [41]} Abraham received that promise because he was right with God through his faith. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the promise to Abraham or his posterity, that he should inherit the world, did not come through [observing the commands of] the Law but through the righteousness of faith. [Gen. 17:4-6; 22:16-18.] American Standard Version (1901) For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. Common English Bible The promise to Abraham and to his descendants, that he would inherit the world, didn’t come through the Law but through the righteousness that comes from faith. Catholic Public Domain Version For the Promise to Abraham, and to his posterity, that he would inherit the world, was not through the law, but through the justice of faith. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For not through the law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world; but through the justice of faith. |
I will bless people who bless you, and I will curse people who curse [71] you. I will use you to bless all the people on earth.”
I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her.”
You will have many, many descendants. [163] They will be as many as the pieces of dust on earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.
Men from Judah’s family will be kings. The sign that his family rules will not leave his family, before the real king comes. [257] Then many people will obey and serve him.
If you ask me,\par I will give the nations to you.\par All the people on earth will be yours!\par
May all kings bow down to our king.\par May all nations serve him.\par
We tell you the Good News {\cf2\super [271]} about the promise God made to our ancestors.
And Abraham is also the father of people that have been circumcised. But it is not their circumcision that makes Abraham their father. He is their father only if they live following the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
This means that not all of Abraham’s descendants are God’s true children. Abraham’s true children are those people that become God’s children because of the promise God made to Abraham.
Noah was warned by God about things that Noah could not yet see. But Noah had faith and respect for God. So Noah built a large boat to save his family. With his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong. And Noah became one of those people who are made right with God through faith.
Melchizedek was not from the family group of Levi. But he got one-tenth from Abraham. And he blessed Abraham—the man who had God’s promises.