KJV ORIGINAL
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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
God's promise to Abraham — that he and his descendants would inherit the world — wasn't because Abraham followed all the rules perfectly. It was because Abraham had faith and God counted that as righteousness.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Abraham got God's promises through faith, not by being perfect — and that's still how it works.
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