KJV: 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.
YLT: For not through law is the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;
Darby: For it was not by law that the promise was to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but by righteousness of faith.
ASV: 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.
διὰ | through |
Parse: Preposition Root: διά Sense: through. |
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νόμου | [the] Law |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: νόμος Sense: anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command. |
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ἐπαγγελία | promise [was] |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ἐπαγγελία Sense: announcement. |
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τῷ | - |
Parse: Article, Dative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Ἀβραὰμ | to Abraham |
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: Ἀβραάμ Sense: the son of Terah and the founder of the Jewish nation. |
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σπέρματι | descendants |
Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Singular Root: σπέρμα Sense: from which a plant germinates. |
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αὐτοῦ | of him |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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τὸ | that |
Parse: Article, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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κληρονόμον | heir |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: κληρονόμος Sense: one who receives by lot, an heir. |
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εἶναι | should be |
Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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κόσμου | [of the] world |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: κόσμος Sense: an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government. |
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δικαιοσύνης | [the] righteousness |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: δικαιοσύνη Sense: in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God. |
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πίστεως | of faith |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: πίστις Sense: conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it. |
Greek Commentary for Romans 4:13
The articular infinitive But where is that promise? Not just Genesis 12:7, but the whole chain of promises about his son, his descendants like the stars in heaven, the Messiah and the blessing to the world through him. In these verses (Romans 4:13) Paul employs (Sanday and Headlam) the keywords of his gospel (faith, promise, grace) and arrays them against the current Jewish theology (law, works, merit). [source]
See on divided by lot, Acts 13:19; and see on inheritance, 1 Peter 1:4. “Paul here takes the Jewish conception of the universal dominion of the Messianic theocracy prefigured by the inheritance of Canaan, divests it of its Judaistic element, and raises it to a christological truth.” Compare Matthew 19:28, Matthew 19:29; Luke 22:30. The idea underlies the phrases kingdom of God, kingdom of Heaven. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Romans 4:13
The articular infinitive But where is that promise? Not just Genesis 12:7, but the whole chain of promises about his son, his descendants like the stars in heaven, the Messiah and the blessing to the world through him. In these verses (Romans 4:13) Paul employs (Sanday and Headlam) the keywords of his gospel (faith, promise, grace) and arrays them against the current Jewish theology (law, works, merit). [source]
Purpose with ινα hina and first aorist passive of γινομαι ginomai See note on Romans 4:13; Romans 8:17. [source]
Κληρονόμος heironly here in Pastorals. A favorite idea of Paul. See Romans 4:13; Romans 8:17; Galatians 3:29. Heirship of eternal life is the result of justification. So, clearly, 2Corinthians href="/desk/?q=2co+5:5&sr=1">2 Corinthians 5:5; Ephesians 1:14. [source]