Romans 4:13

Geneva Bible (1560)

For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.
  • Gen 17:4-6 : 4 Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations, 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee. 6 Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee.
  • Gen 17:16 : 16 And I will blesse her, & will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.
  • Gen 22:17-18 : 17 Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies. 18 And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
  • Gen 28:14 : 14 And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth, & thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, & to the North, & to the South, and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  • Ps 2:8 : 8 Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the endes of the earth for thy possession.
  • Ps 72:11 : 11 Yea, all Kings shal worship him: all nations shall serue him.
  • Rom 9:8 : 8 That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.
  • Gal 3:16-18 : 16 Nowe to Abraham and his seede were the promises made. Hee saith not, And to the seedes, as speaking of many: but, And to thy seede, as of one, which is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the couenant that was confirmed afore of God in respect of Christ, the Lawe which was foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres after, can not disanull, that it shoulde make the promise of none effect. 18 For if the inheritance be of the Lawe, it is no more by the promise, but God gaue it freely vnto Abraham by promise.
  • Gen 12:3 : 3 I will also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter shall not depart from Iudah, nor a Lawegiuer from betweene his feete, vntill Shiloh come, and the people shall be gathered vnto him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 4:14-20
    7 verses
    83%

    14For if they which are of the Lawe, be heires, faith is made voide, & the promise is made of none effect.

    15For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression.

    16Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

    17(As it is written, I haue made thee a father of many nations) euen before God whom he beleeued, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those thinges which be not, as though they were.

    18Which Abraham aboue hope, beleeued vnder hope, that he should be the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken to him, So shall thy seede be.

    19And he not weake in the faith, considered not his owne bodie, which was nowe dead, being almost an hundreth yeere olde, neither the deadnes of Saraes wombe.

    20Neither did he doubt of the promise of God through vnbeliefe, but was strengthened in the faith, and gaue glorie to God,

  • Gal 3:14-18
    5 verses
    80%

    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Iesus, that wee might receiue the promes of the Spirite through faith.

    15Brethren, I speake as men do: though it be but a mans couenant, when it is confirmed, yet no man doeth abrogate it, or addeth any thing thereto.

    16Nowe to Abraham and his seede were the promises made. Hee saith not, And to the seedes, as speaking of many: but, And to thy seede, as of one, which is Christ.

    17And this I say, that the couenant that was confirmed afore of God in respect of Christ, the Lawe which was foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres after, can not disanull, that it shoulde make the promise of none effect.

    18For if the inheritance be of the Lawe, it is no more by the promise, but God gaue it freely vnto Abraham by promise.

  • Rom 4:9-12
    4 verses
    78%

    9Came this blessednesse then vpon the circumcision onely, or vpon the vncircumcision also? For we say, that faith was imputed vnto Abraham for righteousnesse.

    10Howe was it then imputed? when he was circumcised, or vncircumcised? not when he was cricumcised, but when he was vncircumcised.

    11After, he receiued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the righteousnesse of ye faith which he had, when he was vncircumcised, that he should be the father of all them that beleeue, not being circumcised, that righteousnesse might be imputed to them also,

    12And the father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had when he was vncircumcised.

  • Rom 4:1-6
    6 verses
    77%

    1What shal we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?

    2For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.

    3For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.

    4Nowe to him that worketh, the wages is not counted by fauour, but by dette:

    5But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.

    6Euen as Dauid declareth the blessednesse of the man, vnto whom God imputeth righteousnes without workes, saying,

  • Gal 3:6-9
    4 verses
    75%

    6Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

    7Knowe ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would iustifie the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.

    9So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

  • Gal 3:21
    75%

    21Is the Lawe then against the promises of God? God forbid: For if there had bene a Lawe giuen which coulde haue giuen life, surely righteousnes should haue bene by the Lawe.

  • Rom 9:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:

    8That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.

  • Gal 3:29
    74%

    29And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.

  • Rom 9:30
    73%

    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which folowed not righteousnes, haue attained vnto righteousnes, euen the righteousnes which is of faith.

  • Rom 4:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousnesse.

    23Nowe it is not written for him onely, that it was imputed to him for righteousnesse,

  • Rom 3:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.

    28Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.

  • Gal 3:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith.

    12And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in them.

  • Gal 2:16
    71%

    16Knowe that a man is not iustified by the works of the Law, but by ye faith of Iesus Christ, euen we, I say, haue beleeued in Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, & not by the workes of the Lawe, because that by the workes of the Lawe, no flesh shalbe iustified.

  • Heb 11:18
    71%

    18(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

  • Heb 6:13
    70%

    13For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

  • Gal 4:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.

    23But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promes.

  • Phil 3:9
    70%

    9And might bee founde in him, that is, not hauing mine owne righteousnesse, which is of the Lawe, but that which is through the faith of Christ, euen the righteousnesse which is of God through faith,

  • Rom 3:22
    70%

    22To wit, the righteousnesse of God by the faith of Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpon all that beleeue.

  • Heb 7:6
    70%

    6But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

  • Gal 4:28
    70%

    28Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promes.

  • Rom 10:4
    70%

    4For Christ is the end of the Law for righteousnes vnto euery one that beleeueth.

  • Acts 7:5
    70%

    5And hee gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the bredth of a foote: yet he promised that he would giue it to him for a possession, and to his seede after him, when as yet hee had no childe.

  • Gal 5:5
    69%

    5For we through the Spirit waite for the hope of righteousnes through faith.

  • Gen 15:6
    69%

    6And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.