The Promise Granted through Faith

¹³ For the promise to Abraham^(A) or to his descendants that he would inherit the world^(B) was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.^[a]

¹⁷ in God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations.^(A)[a] He believed in God, who gives life to the dead^(B) and calls^(C) things into existence that do not exist.^(D)