Romans 4:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

As it is wrytten: I haue made the a father of many Heythe before God, whom thou hast beleued: which quyckeneth the deed, and calleth it which is not, that it maye be.

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  • 1 Cor 1:28 : 28 And the vyle and despysed before the worlde hath God chosen, yee and that which is nothinge, that he mighte destroye that which is oughte,
  • John 5:21 : 21 For as the father rayseth vp the deed, and maketh them lyue, eue so the sonne also maketh lyuynge whom he wyll.
  • John 6:63 : 63 It is ye sprete that quyckeneth, ye flesh profiteth nothinge. The wordes that I speake, are sprete, and are life.
  • Gen 17:4-5 : 4 Beholde, It is I, and haue my couenaut with the, and thou shalt be a father of many people. 5 Therfore shalt thou nomore be called Abram, but thy name shal be Abraham: For I haue made the a father of many nacions,
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 Euen you which in tyme past were not a people, but now are the people of God: which were not vnder mercy, but now haue optayned mercy.
  • 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 Dearly beloued, be not ignoraunt of this one thinge, how that one daye is with the LORDE as a thousande yeare: and a thousande yeare as one daye.
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noe honoured God, after yt he was warned of thinges which were not sene, & prepared the Arke, to ye sauinge of his housholde: thorow the which Arke he condemned the worlde, and became heyre of the righteousnes, which commeth by faith.
  • Heb 11:12 : 12 And therfore spronge there of one (yee euen off one which was as good as deed concernynge the body) so many in multitude as the starres off the skye, and as the sonde off the See shore, which is innumerable.
  • Eph 2:1-5 : 1 And quyckened you also, whan ye were deed thorow trespaces and synnes, 2 in the which in tyme past ye walked, acordinge to the course off this worlde, and after the prynce that ruleth in the ayre namely, after ye sprete, which now worketh in the children of vnbeleue, 3 amonge whom we also had oure conuersacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesh, and dyd the wyll of the flesh and of the mynde, and were naturally the children of wrath, euen as well as other. 4 But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vs 5 eue wha we were deed in synnes, hath quyckened vs in Christ ( for by grace are ye saued)
  • Gen 17:16 : 16 for I will blesse her, and geue the a sonne of her. I wil blesse her, and people shall come of her, yee and kynges of many people.
  • Isa 44:7 : 7 For what is he, that euer was like me, which am from euerlastinge? Let him shewe his name and do wherthorow he maye be lickened vnto me. Let him tell you forth planely thiges, that are past and for to come:
  • Isa 49:12 : 12 And beholde, they shal come from farre: lo, some from the north and west, some from the south.
  • Isa 55:12 : 12 And so shal ye go forth wt ioye, & be led with peace. The mountaynes and hilles shal synge with you for ioye, and all the trees of the felde shal clappe their hondes.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 Thinke not now, to saye in your selues, we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you, that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham.
  • John 5:25 : 25 Verely verely I saye vnto you: The houre cometh, & is now allready, yt the deed shal heare ye voyce of ye sonne of God: and they that heare it, shal lyue.
  • Rom 3:29 : 29 Or is God the God of the Iewes onely? Is he not also the God of the Heythen? Yes verely the God of the Heythen also,
  • Rom 4:2 : 2 This we saye: Yf Abraham were made righteous thorow workes, then hath he wherin to reioyse, but not before God.
  • Rom 8:11 : 11 Wherfore yf the sprete of him, that raysed vp Iesus from the deed, dwell in you, then shal euen he also that raysed vp Christ from the deed, quycke youre mortal bodies, because yt his sprete dwelleth in you.
  • Rom 8:29-30 : 29 For those whom he knewe before, hath he ordeyned also before, yt they shulde be like fashioned vnto ye shappe of his sonne, yt he mighte be the first begotte amoge many brethre. 30 As for those whom he hath ordeyned before, them hath he called also: and whom he hath called, the hath he also made righteous: and whom he hath made righteous, them hath he glorified also.
  • Rom 9:26 : 26 And it shal come to passe in ye place, where it was sayde vnto them: Ye are not my people, there shal they be called the children of the lyuynge God.
  • Acts 15:18 : 18 Knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynnynge of ye worlde.
  • Isa 48:13 : 13 My honde is the foundacion of the earth, & my right honde spanneth ouer the heauens. As soone as I called the they were there.
  • Gen 17:20 : 20 And as concernynge Ismael also, I haue herde thy request: Beholde, I haue blessed him, and will increase him, and multiplye him exceadingly. Twolue prynces shal he beget, and I wyll make a greate nacion of him.
  • Gen 25:1-9 : 1 Abraham toke another wife called Ketura, 2 which bare him Simram & Iaksan, Medan & Midian, Iesbak and Suah. 3 Iaksan begat Seba and Dedan. The children of Dedan were Assurim, Latusim, and Leumim. 4 The children of Midian were Epha, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaa. All these are the children of Ketura. 5 And Abraham gaue all his goodes vnto Isaac: 6 As for the children that he had of the concubynes, he gaue them giftes, and (whyle he yet lyued) he sent the awaye from his sonne Isaac, eastwarde in to the east countre. 7 This is the age of Abraham which he lyued: euen an hundreth and fyue and seuentye yeare, 8 and fell sicke and dyed in a good age, whan he was olde, & had lyued ynough and was gathered vnto his people. 9 And his sonnes Isaac and Ismael buried him in the dubble caue in the felde of Ephron the sonne of Zoar the Hethite, which lyeth ouer before Mamre, 10 in the felde that Abraham bought of the Hethites. There was Abraham buried with Sara his wife. 11 And after the death of Abraham God blessed his sonne Isaac. And he dwelt by the well of the lyuynge and seynge. 12 This is the generacion of Ismael Abrahams sonne, whom Agar Saras mayde the Egipcian bare vnto him. 13 And these are the names of Ismaels children, of whom their kynredes are named. The eldest sonne of Ismael, Nebaioth, Cedar, Abdeel, Mibsan, 14 Misma, Duma, Masa, 15 Hadar, Thema, Iethur, Naphis and Kedma. 16 These are the childre of Ismael with their names in their courtes and cities twolue londeprynces. 17 And this is the age of Ismael, euen an hundreth and seuen and thirtie yeare, and he fell sicke and dyed, and was gathered vnto his people. 18 He dwelt from Heuila vnto Sur towarde Egipte, as men go to the Assirians And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren. 19 This is the generacion of Isaac the sonne of Abraha. Abraham begat Isaac. 20 Isaac was fourtye yeare olde, whan he toke to wyfe Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel ye Syrian of Mesopotamia, & Sister of Laban the Syrian. 21 Isaac besought the LORDE for his wyfe (because she was baren) and the LORDE was intreated, and Rebecca his wyfe conceaued. 22 And the children stroue totogether in her wombe. Then sayde she: Yf it shulde go so with me, why am I then wt childe? And she wente for to axe the LORDE. 23 And the LORDE sayde vnto her: Two maner of folke are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shall be deuyded out of thy body, and the one nacion shall ouercome the other, and the greater shall serue the lesse. 24 Now whan the tyme came that she shulde be delyuered, beholde, there were two twyns in hir wombe. 25 The first that came forth, was reed, all rough as an hyde, and they called him Esau. 26 Anone therafter came his brother forth, which helde the hele of Esau with his hade, and they called him Iacob. Thre score yeare olde was Isaac, whan they were borne. 27 And whan the boies were growne vp, Esau became an hunter, & an husbande man. As for Iacob, he was a symple man, and dwelt in the tentes. 28 And Isaac loued Esau, because he ate of his venison. But Rebecca loued Iacob. 29 And Iacob dight a meace of meate. The came Esau from the felde, and was weery, 30 and sayde vnto Iacob: Let me proue of yt reed meace of meate, for I am fayntie (therfore is he called Edom.) 31 But Iacob sayde: Sell me this daye thy byrthright. 32 Esau answered: Lo, I must dye neuerthelesse, what good then shall my byrthright do me? 33 Iacob sayde: Then sweare vnto me euen this same daye. And he sware vnto him, and so he solde his byrthright vnto Iacob. 34 Then Iacob gaue him bred and that meace of ryse. And he ate and dronke, and stode vp, and wente his waye. And so Esau regarded not his byrthright.
  • Gen 28:3 : 3 And the Allmightie God blesse the, and make the frutefull, and multiplye the, (that thou mayest be a multitude of people)
  • Isa 43:6 : 6 I wil saye to the north: let go. And to the south, kepe not backe: But bringe me my sonnes from farre, and my doughters from the endes of the worlde:
  • 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I geue the charge before God, which quyckeneth all thinges, & before Iesu Christ, which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good witnessynge,
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 As it is wrytten: The first man Adam was made in to a naturall life, and the last Ada in to a spiritual life.

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  • Rom 4:18-24
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    18 And he beleued vpo hope, where nothinge was to hope, that he shulde be a father of many Heythen. Acordinge as it was sayde vnto him:

    19 Euen so shal thy sede be. And he was not faynte in faith, nether cosidred his awne body, which was deed allready, whyle he was almost an hundreth yeare olde, nether the deed wombe of Sara.

    20 For he douted not in the promes of God thorow vnbeleue, but was stroge in faith, and gaue God the prayse:

    21 & was sure, that loke what God promyseth, he is able to make it good.

    22 And therfore was it rekened vnto him for righteousnes.

    23 But this is not wrytte onely for his sake, yt it was counted vnto him,

    24 but also for oure sakes: vnto who it shalbe counted, yf we beleue on him, that raysed vp oure LORDE Iesus from the deed.

  • 16 Therfore was the promes made thorow fayth, that it myght come off fauoure, wherby the promesse myghte be made sure vnto all the sede: not onely vnto him which is off the lawe, but also vnto him that is of the faith of Abraha which is the father of vs all.

  • Heb 11:17-19
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    17 By faith Abraha offered vp Isaac, wha he was tempted, and gaue ouer his onely begotten sonne, in whom he had receaued the promyses,

    18 of whom it was sayde: In Isaac shal thy sede be called:

    19 For he considered, yt God was able to rayse vp agayne from the deed. Therfore receaued he him for an ensample.

  • Rom 4:9-13
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    9 Now this blessednes, goeth it ouer the circucision, or ouer the vncircumcision? We must nedes graunte, yt Abrahas faith was couted vnto hi for righteousnes.

    10 How was it the rekened vnto him? In the circucision, or in the vncircumcision? Doutles not in the circucision, but in the vncircumcision.

    11 As for the toke of circucision he receaued it for a seale off the righteousnes off faith, which he had yet in ye vncircusion, yt he shulde be a father of all the yt beleue, beinge in ye vncircucisio, yt it might be couted vnto the also for righteousnes:

    12 & that he might be a father of circumcision, not onely of the that are of ye circumcision, but of them also that walke in the fotesteppes of the faith, which was in the vncircumcision of oure father Abraham.

    13 For the promes (that he shulde be ye heyre of the worlde) was not made vnto Abraham or to his sede thorow the lawe, but thorow the righteousnes of faith.

  • Gen 17:4-6
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    4 Beholde, It is I, and haue my couenaut with the, and thou shalt be a father of many people.

    5 Therfore shalt thou nomore be called Abram, but thy name shal be Abraham: For I haue made the a father of many nacions,

    6 & I wil multiplye the exceadingly, and wil make people of ye, yee and kynges also shal come out of the.

  • Rom 4:1-3
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    1 What shal we saye the, that Abraha or father as pertayninge to ye flesh dyd fynde?

    2 This we saye: Yf Abraham were made righteous thorow workes, then hath he wherin to reioyse, but not before God.

    3 But what sayeth ye scripture? Abraha belened God, & yt was counted vnto him for righteousnes.

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6 Euen as Abraha beleued God, and it was counted vnto him for righteousnes.

    7 Thus ye knowe, that they which are of faith, are Abrahams children.

    8 The scripture sawe afore hade, that God iustifieth the Heythen thorow faith. Therfore shewed it glad tydinges afore vnto Abraham, and sayde: In the shal all the Heythen be blessed.

    9 So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

  • Heb 11:11-12
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    11 By faith Sara also receaued strength to be with childe, and was delyuered of a childe whan she was past age, because she iudged him to be faithfull which had promysed.

    12 And therfore spronge there of one (yee euen off one which was as good as deed concernynge the body) so many in multitude as the starres off the skye, and as the sonde off the See shore, which is innumerable.

  • Rom 9:7-11
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    7 nether are they all children, because they are the sede of Abraham: but in Isaac shal the sede be called

    8 vnto the, that is, They which are children after the flesh, are not the children of God, but the children of the promes are counted for the sede.

    9 For this is a worde of the promes, where he sayeth: Aboute this tyme wyl I come, and Sara shal haue a sonne.

    10 Howbeit it is not so with this onely, but also whan Rebecca was with childe by one (namely by oure father Isaac)

    11 or euer the childre were borne, & had done nether good ner bad (that the purpose of God might stode acordinge to the eleccion, not by the deseruynge of workes, but by the grace of the caller)

  • Gen 17:17-19
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    17 Then fell Abraha vpo his face, and laughed, and sayde in his hert: Shal a childe be borne vnto me that am an hundreth yeare olde? And shall Sara yt is nyentie yeare olde, beare?

    18 And Abraha sayde vnto God: O that Israel might lyue in thy sight.

    19 Then sayde God: Yee euen Sara thy wyfe shall beare the a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Isaac: for with him wil I make my euerlastinge couenaunt, and with his sede after him.

  • Rom 4:5-6
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    5 owbeit vnto him, yt goeth not aboute with workes, but beleueth on him yt iustifieth the vngodly, is his faith counted for righteousnes.

    6 Euen as Dauid sayeth also, that blessednes is onely that mans, vnto who God counteth righteousnes without addinge to of workes, where he sayeth:

  • 23 & the scripture was fulfilled which faith: Abraha beleued God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called ye frende of God.

  • Gen 15:5-6
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    5 And he bad him go forth, and sayde: Loke vp vnto heauen, and tell ye starres: Canst thou nombre them? And he sayde vnto him: Euen so shal thy sede be.

    6 Abram beleued the LORDE, and yt was counted vnto him for righteousnes.

  • Heb 11:8-9
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    8 By faith Abraham (wha he was called) obeyed, to go out in to the place, which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he wente out, not knowynge whither he shulde go.

    9 By faith was he a straunger in the lode of promes as in a straunge countre, & dwelt in tabernacles: and so dyd Isaac & Iacob, heyres with him of the same promes:

  • 9 Thinke not now, to saye in your selues, we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you, that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham.

  • Gal 4:27-28
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    27 For it is wrytte: Reioyse thou baren, that bearest no childre: breake forth and crye thou yt trauaylest not, for the desolate hath many mo childre, then she which hath an hussbande.

    28 As for vs (brethren) we are the children of Isaac acordinge to the promes.

  • 2 And Sara was with childe, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, euen in the tyme appoynted, like as God had spoken vnto him afore.

  • 18 seynge he shal be a greate and mightie people, and all ye people vpo earth shalbe blessed in him?

  • 3 Thorow faith we vnderstonde, that the worlde and all the thinges which are sene, were made of naughte by the worde of God.

  • 37 But that the deed ryse agayne, hath Moses also signified besydes the bush, when he called the LORDE, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob.