Romans 4:18

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 5:5 : 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
  • Rom 8:24 : 24 For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?
  • Gen 15:5-6 : 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
  • Ruth 1:11-13 : 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons; 13 would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
  • Mark 5:35-36 : 35 While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's [house] saying, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Teacher any further? 36 But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe.
  • Luke 1:18 : 18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
  • Acts 27:25 : 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.
  • Rom 4:17 : 17 (as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;
  • Prov 13:12 : 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 4:16-17
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    16For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

    17(as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

  • Rom 4:19-22
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    19And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;

    20yet, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God,

    21and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

    22Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son] ;

    18[ even he] to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

  • Heb 11:11-12
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    11By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised:

    12wherefore also there sprang of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable.

  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

    9For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

    10And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac--

  • Rom 4:10-13
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    10How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:

    11and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;

    12and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.

    13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Gen 15:3-6
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    3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

    4And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

    5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

    6And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

  • Gen 17:4
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    4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Rom 8:24-25
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    24For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

    25But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it.

  • Rom 4:3
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    3For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

    7Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

    8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

    9So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

  • Gen 17:19
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    19And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. [

  • Heb 11:8-9
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    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

    9By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

  • Gen 22:17-18
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    17that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

    18and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

  • Gen 17:17
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    17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

  • Rom 15:13
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    13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • Gen 21:2
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    2And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  • Gal 4:27-28
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    27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.

    28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

  • Gen 18:18
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    18seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

  • Gal 3:16
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    16Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

  • Rom 4:1
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    1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh?

  • Heb 6:12
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    12that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

  • Rom 5:4
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    4and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:

  • Heb 6:18
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    18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

  • Rom 4:5
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    5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

  • Gen 26:4
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    4and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

  • Gen 18:14
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    14Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.