16 Therefore {it is} on the principle of faith, that {it might be} according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which {is} of the law, but to that also which {is} of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all,

16 Koia i na rototia ai i te whakapono, kia waiho ai ma te aroha noa; kia u ai te kupu whakaari ki te whanau katoa; ehara i te mea ki to te ture anake, engari ki to te whakapono ano o Aperahama, ko ia nei hoki te matua o tatou katoa,