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13 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.
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For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
14 If they inherit because of the Law, then faith has no effect and the promise has been canceled.
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If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
15 The Law brings about wrath. But when there isn't any law, there isn't any violation of the law.
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For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.
16 That's why the inheritance comes through faith, so that it will be on the basis of God's grace. In that way, the promise is secure for all of Abraham's descendants, not just for those who are related by Law but also for those who are related by the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us.
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For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us,
17 As it is written: I have appointed you to be the father of many nations. So Abraham is our father in the eyes of God in whom he had faith, the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that don't exist into existence.
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as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations")—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
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