Rom 4:13, 17 | ESV | STEP | For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith .

a Gal. 3:16; Heb. 6:15, 17; 7:6; 11:9, 17; [ch. 9:8]; See Acts 13:32

Romans 4:13

The Promise Realized Through Faith

13 For ^athe promise to Abraham and his offspring ^bthat he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

Romans 4:17

17 as it is written, ^c“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, ^dwho gives life to the dead and calls into existence ^ethe things that do not exist.