13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world; but through the justice of faith.h
14For if they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, the promise is made of no effect.
Romans 4 is Paul's masterful demonstration that the pattern of salvation has always been by faith alone, not by works of the law. He takes his Jewish readers back to their founding father, Abraham, and shows from Genesis 15:6 that Abraham was counted righteous before he was circu
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