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Rom 4:13 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

For the		Gen 12:3; Gen 17:4,5,16; Gen 22:17,18; Gen 28:14; Gen 49:10; Psa 2:8; Psa 72:11
through the		Gal 3:16-18,29
but through		NULL

Correlating Passages

For the

	Gen 12:3	And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
	Gen 17:4	As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
	Gen 17:5	Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
	Gen 17:16	And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
	Gen 22:17	That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
	Gen 22:18	And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
	Gen 28:14	And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
	Gen 49:10	The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].
	Psa 2:8	Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.
	Psa 72:11	Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

through the

	Gal 3:16	Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
	Gal 3:17	And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
	Gal 3:18	For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of promise: but God gave [it] to Abraham by promise.
	Gal 3:29	And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

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Scott, Thomas. "Romans 4:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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