Rom 4:13 | JFB | STEP | 13-15. For the promise, &c.—This is merely an enlargement of the foregoing reasoning, applying to the law what had just been said of circumcision. that he should be the heir of the world —or, that "all the families of the earth should be blessed in him." was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law —in virtue of obedience to the law. but through the righteousness of faith —in virtue of his simple faith in the divine promises.

Romans 4:13

13-15. For the promise, &c.—This is merely an enlargement of the foregoing reasoning, applying to the law what had just been said of circumcision.

that he should be the heir of the world—or, that "all the families of the earth should be blessed in him."

was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law—in virtue of obedience to the law.

but through the righteousness of faith—in virtue of his simple faith in the divine promises.