Sermon Tone Analysis

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

14 gFor if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.

15 For hthe law brings wrath, but iwhere there is no law jthere is no transgression.

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 if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs

Faith is null and the promise is void

For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.

16 That is why it depends on faith, kin order that the promise may rest on grace and lbe guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, mwho is the father of us all

That is why it depends on faith,

In order that the promise may rest on grace

Be guaranteed to all his offspring

Not only to the adherent of the law

But also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham,

Who is the father of us all

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

18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, q“So shall your offspring be.”

As it is written:

I have made you the father of many nations

In the presence of the God in whom he believed,

Who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist

In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations

As he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

English Standard Version (Chapter 4)

19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was ras good as dead (ssince he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered tthe barrenness3 of Sarah’s womb.

20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised

He did not weaken:

In faith when he considered his own body

Which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old)

When he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb.

No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God

But he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God

fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised

22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”

23 But vthe words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also.

It will be counted to us wwho believe in xhim who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 ywho was delivered up for our trespasses and raised zfor our justification.

That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”

But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone

But for ours also.

It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord

Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.