Romans 4:13-25

New American Standard Bible

¹³ For ^(A)the promise to Abraham or to his ^[a]descendants ^(B)that he would be heir of the world was not ^[b]through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For ^(C)if those who are ^[c]of the Law are heirs, then faith is made void and the promise is nullified; ¹⁵ for ^(D)the Law brings about wrath, but ^(E)where there is no law, there also is no violation.

¹⁶ For this reason it is ^[d]by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with ^(F)grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to ^(G)all the ^[e]descendants, not only to ^[f]those who are of the Law, but also to ^[g](H)those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is ^(I)the father of us all, ¹⁷ (as it is written: “I have made you ^(J)a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, that is, God, ^(K)who gives life to the dead and ^(L)calls into being ^(M)things that do not exist. ¹⁸ In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become ^(N)a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “^(O)So shall your ^[h]descendants be.” ¹⁹ Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now ^(P)as good as dead since ^(Q)he was about a hundred years old, and ^(R)the deadness of Sarah’s womb; ²⁰ yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, ^(S)giving glory to God, ²¹ and ^(T)being fully assured that ^(U)what God had promised, He was able also to perform. ²² Therefore ^(V)it was also credited to him as righteousness. ²³ Now ^(W)not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, ²⁴ but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, to us ^(X)who believe in Him who ^(Y)raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, ²⁵ He who was ^(Z)delivered over because of our wrongdoings, and was ^(AA)raised because of our justification.