Romans 4:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.””
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“Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: `So shall thy seed be;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 4:18 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Ruth 1:11But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
- Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
- Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
- Mark 5:35While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
- Luke 1:18“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
- Acts 27:25So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
- Romans 4:17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
- Romans 4:19Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
- Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
- Romans 8:24For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
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