Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith.

因为神应许亚伯拉罕和他后裔，必得承受世界，不是因律法，乃是因信而得的义。

因为上帝给亚伯拉罕和他后裔承受世界的应许不是藉着律法，而是藉着信而得的义。

因为神给亚伯拉罕和他后裔承受世界的应许不是藉着律法，而是藉着信而得的义。

上帝应许将世界赐给亚伯拉罕和他的后裔，不是因为亚伯拉罕遵行了律法，而是因为他因信而成了义人。

原来神给亚伯拉罕和他后裔承受世界的应许，并不是因着律法，而是藉着因信而来的义。

原来，赐给亚伯拉罕和他后裔继承世界的应许，不是藉着律法，而是藉着因信而得的义。

因為神應許亞伯拉罕和他後裔，必得承受世界，不是因律法，乃是因信而得的義。

因為上帝給亞伯拉罕和他後裔承受世界的應許不是藉着律法，而是藉着信而得的義。

因為神給亞伯拉罕和他後裔承受世界的應許不是藉着律法，而是藉着信而得的義。

上帝應許將世界賜給亞伯拉罕和他的後裔，不是因為亞伯拉罕遵行了律法，而是因為他因信而成了義人。

原來神給亞伯拉罕和他後裔承受世界的應許，並不是因著律法，而是藉著因信而來的義。

向亞伯拉罕或他後裔發的那應許、使他承受得世界為產業的、並不是憑着律法，乃是憑着信心而稱的義。

原來，賜給亞伯拉罕和他後裔繼承世界的應許，不是藉著律法，而是藉著因信而得的義。

蓋上帝許亞伯拉罕及其裔、承嗣世界、非由律、乃由因信之義、

蓋上帝許亞伯拉罕及其苗裔、可為嗣子以得土、非恃法、乃信而稱義、

蓋亞伯拉罕及其後裔、蒙許將為嗣子以嗣世界、非由律法、乃由信之義、

蓋亞伯漢及其苗裔、承天主恩諾、得嗣大地者、非憑律法之制、乃緣信德之義。

It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Abraham and his family received a promise. God promised that Abraham would receive the world. It would not come to him because he obeyed the law. It would come because of his faith, which made him right with God.

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.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world,[ was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.

This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children.

“ This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations!What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!

Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.

God gave the promises to Abraham and his child. And notice that the Scripture doesn’t say“ to his children,” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says“ to his child”— and that, of course, means Christ.This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.For if the inheritance could be received by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God’s promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham as a promise.

I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed— all because you have obeyed me.”

And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants.”

Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions— to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

All kings will bow before him, and all nations will serve him.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.