rsv Romans:4:13-16
rsv@Romans:4:13 @ The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
rsv@Romans:4:14 @ If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
rsv@Romans:4:15 @ For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
rsv@Romans:4:16 @ That is why 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 us all,