15 因為有律法,就有刑罰;哪裡沒有律法,哪裡就沒有違法的事。 16 所以,上帝的應許是藉著人的信心賜下的,好叫這一切都是出於上帝的恩典,確保應許歸給所有亞伯拉罕的子孫,不單是守律法的人,也包括一切效法亞伯拉罕信心的人。 17 亞伯拉罕在上帝面前是我們所有人的父,正如聖經上說:「我已經立你為萬族之父。」他所信的上帝是能夠使死人復活、使無變有的上帝。

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15 because the law brings wrath.(A) And where there is no law there is no transgression.(B)

16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace(C) and may be guaranteed(D) to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.(E) 17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[a](F) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(G) to the dead and calls(H) into being things that were not.(I)

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  1. Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5

15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

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15 because (A)the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be (B)according to grace, (C)so that the promise might be [a]sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, (D)who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, (E)“I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, (F)who gives life to the dead and calls those (G)things which do not exist as though they did;

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  1. Romans 4:16 certain

15 For (A)the law brings wrath, but (B)where there is no law (C)there is no transgression.

16 That is why it depends on faith, (D)in order that the promise may rest on grace and (E)be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, (F)who is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, (G)“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, (H)who gives life to the dead and calls into existence (I)the things that do not exist.

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