12. and the father of those who are circumcised to those who are not only from the circumcision, but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.
13. For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith.
14. For if those of the law are heirs, faith is rendered void and the promise is nullified.
15. For the law produces wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
16. Because of this, it is by faith, in order that it may be according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
17. (just as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”) before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as though they are,
18. who against hope believed in hope, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said, “so will your descendants be.”
19. And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as good as dead, because he was approximately a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
20. And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God
21. and being fully convinced that what he had promised, he was also able to do.
22. Therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.
23. But it was not written for the sake of him alone that it was credited to him,
24. but also for the sake of us to whom it is going to be credited, to those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,