Romans 4:18

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Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.'

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  • Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
  • Rom 8:24 : 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already see?
  • Gen 15:5-6 : 5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be." 6 Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
  • Ruth 1:11-13 : 11 But Naomi replied, "Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who could become your husbands? 12 Return home, my daughters. I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13 would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters, it is more bitter for me than for you because the LORD’s hand has turned against me."
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, and we are cut off.”'
  • Mark 5:35-36 : 35 While He was still speaking, some people came from the house of the synagogue leader and said, 'Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?' 36 But Jesus overheard the message being spoken and told the synagogue leader, 'Do not be afraid. Just believe.'
  • Luke 1:18 : 18 Zechariah said to the angel, 'How can I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.'
  • Acts 27:25 : 25 So take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just as I was told.
  • Rom 4:17 : 17 As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 And without weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, which was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—or the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
  • Prov 13:12 : 12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 4:16-17
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    16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

    17As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

  • Rom 4:19-22
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    19And without weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body, which was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—or the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

    20He did not waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

    21being fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised.

    22Therefore, it was credited to him as righteousness.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son,

    18even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • Heb 11:11-12
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    11By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.

    12And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, 'Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.'

    8This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

    9For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'

    10Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

  • Rom 4:10-13
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    10How then was it credited? Was it while he was circumcised or uncircumcised? It was not while he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.

    11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness might also be credited to them,

    12and to be the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

    13For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Gen 15:3-6
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    3And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir."

    4Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir."

    5He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."

    6Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.

  • Gen 17:4
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    4"As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Rom 8:24-25
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    24For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already see?

    25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

  • Rom 4:3
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    3What does the Scripture say? 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.'

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

    7Therefore, know that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

    8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: 'All nations will be blessed through you.'

    9So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

  • Gen 17:19
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    19Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Heb 11:8-9
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    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

    9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

  • Gen 22:17-18
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    17I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

    18And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'

  • Gen 17:17
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    17Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"

  • Rom 15:13
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    13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • Gen 21:2
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    2Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise.

  • Gal 4:27-28
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    27For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.'

    28Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

  • Gen 18:18
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    18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gal 3:16
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    16Now to Abraham the promises were spoken, and to his seed. It does not say, 'and to seeds,' as if referring to many, but, 'and to your seed,' meaning one, who is Christ.

  • Rom 4:1
    70%

    1What then shall we say about Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh?

  • Heb 6:12
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    12Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

  • Rom 5:4
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    4And endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

  • Heb 6:18
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    18So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

  • Rom 4:5
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    5But to the one who does not work but believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.

  • Gen 26:4
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    4I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gen 18:14
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    14Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.