Romans 4:16

Therefore, the inheritance is by faith, that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be sure to all his posterity, not to those only who are of the law, but to those, also, who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

In Context

15for the law inflicts punishment; for where no law is, there is no transgression.

17(as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations,) in the sight of him in whom he believed, even God, who makes the dead alive, and calls those things which are not, as though they were.

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Cross References

Romans 3:24yet may be justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

Romans 5:1Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 15:8Now, I say, that Jesus Christ, as a minister, was of the circumcision for the sake of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

Galatians 3:22But the scripture has shut up all under sin, that the promise by faith in Christ Jesus may be given to those who believe.

Ephesians 2:8For by grace you have been saved through the faith; and this matter is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:

Hebrews 6:13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

Matthew Henry on Romans 4:10-23

The Case of Abraham. ( a. d. 58.) 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not… Read the whole commentary →

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