16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

16 所以， 成为后嗣是因着信， 为的是要按着 神的恩典， 使给所有后裔的应许坚定不移， 不但临到那属于律法的人， 也临到那效法亚伯拉罕而信的人。亚伯拉罕在 神面前作我们众人的父，