¹² and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which ^[a]he had while uncircumcised.

¹³ For ^(A)the promise to Abraham or to his ^[b]descendants ^(B)that he would be heir of the world was not ^[c]through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For ^(C)if those who are ^[d]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 ^[e]by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with ^(F)grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to ^(G)all the ^[f]descendants, not only to ^[g]those who are of the Law, but also to ^[h](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.

²¹ For since ^(A)by a man death came, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For ^(B)as in Adam all die, so also in ^[a]Christ all will be made alive.