Romans 4:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And being certain that God was able to keep his word.

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  • Gen 18:14 : 14 Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.
  • Heb 11:19 : 19 Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
  • Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
  • Luke 1:37 : 37 For there is nothing which God is not able to do.
  • Rom 8:38 : 38 For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,
  • Rom 14:4 : 4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.
  • 2 Cor 9:8 : 8 And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:
  • Luke 1:45 : 45 Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.
  • Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord God! see, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm, and there is nothing you are not able to do:
  • Jer 32:27 : 27 See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything so hard that I am unable to do it?
  • Matt 19:26 : 26 And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 4:16-20
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    16For 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,

    17(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

    18Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

    19And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

    20Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,

  • Rom 4:22-24
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    22For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness.

    23Now, it was not because of him only that this was said,

    24But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead,

  • Rom 4:2-6
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    2For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

    3But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

    4Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.

    5But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

    6As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Gal 3:6
    73%

    6Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

  • Heb 11:11
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    11And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

  • Rom 4:9-13
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    9Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.

    10How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it:

    11And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

    12And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.

    13For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Heb 11:17-19
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    17By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

    18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

    19Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

  • Jas 2:21-23
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    21Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

    22You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;

    23And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

  • Heb 10:23
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    23Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:

  • Heb 6:12-13
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    12So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

    13For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

  • Heb 6:17-18
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    17So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

    18So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

  • Heb 10:36
    69%

    36For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

  • Luke 1:45
    68%

    45Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

  • Heb 11:8
    68%

    8By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

  • Heb 11:39
    68%

    39And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

  • Rom 15:13
    68%

    13Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • Rom 3:3
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    3And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

  • Heb 11:6
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    6And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.

  • 2 Cor 8:11
    67%

    11Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able.

  • 1 Thess 5:24
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    24God, by whom you have been marked out in his purpose, is unchanging and will make it complete.

  • Phil 1:6
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    6For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

  • 2 Cor 1:20
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    20For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

  • Rom 9:9
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    9For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,

  • Ps 105:42
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    42For he kept in mind his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

  • Gen 21:2
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    2And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.