Romans 4:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

Which Abraham aboue hope, beleeued vnder hope, that he should be the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken to him, So shall thy seede be.

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  • Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope maketh not ashamed, because the loue of God is shed abroade in our heartes by the holy Ghost, which is giuen vnto vs.
  • Rom 8:24 : 24 For we are saued by hope: but hope that is seene, is not hope: for how can a man hope for that which he seeth?
  • Gen 15:5-6 : 5 Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be. 6 And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.
  • Ruth 1:11-13 : 11 But Naomi saide, Turne againe, my daughters: for what cause will you go with me? are there any mo sonnes in my wombe, that they may bee your husbands? 12 Turne againe, my daughters: go your way: for I am too olde to haue an husband. If I should say, I haue hope, and if I had an husbad this night: yea, if I had borne sonnes, 13 Would yee tarie for them, till they were of age? would ye be deferred for them from taking of husbands? nay my daughters: for it grieueth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lorde is gone out against me.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he sayd vnto me, Sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is gone, and we are cleane cut off.
  • Mark 5:35-36 : 35 While hee yet spake, there came from the same ruler of the Synagogues house certaine which said, Thy daughter is dead: why diseasest thou the Master any further? 36 Assoone as Iesus heard that word spoken, he said vnto the ruler of the Synagogue, Be not afraide: onely beleeue.
  • Luke 1:18 : 18 Then Zacharias said vnto ye Angel, Whereby shall I knowe this? For I am an olde man, and my wife is of a great age.
  • Acts 27:25 : 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good courage: for I beleeue God, that it shall be so as it hath bene tolde me.
  • Rom 4:17 : 17 (As it is written, I haue made thee a father of many nations) euen before God whom he beleeued, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those thinges which be not, as though they were.
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 And he not weake in the faith, considered not his owne bodie, which was nowe dead, being almost an hundreth yeere olde, neither the deadnes of Saraes wombe.
  • Prov 13:12 : 12 The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire commeth, it is as a tree of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 4:16-17
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    85%

    16Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

    17(As it is written, I haue made thee a father of many nations) euen before God whom he beleeued, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those thinges which be not, as though they were.

  • Rom 4:19-22
    4 verses
    85%

    19And he not weake in the faith, considered not his owne bodie, which was nowe dead, being almost an hundreth yeere olde, neither the deadnes of Saraes wombe.

    20Neither did he doubt of the promise of God through vnbeliefe, but was strengthened in the faith, and gaue glorie to God,

    21Being fully assured that he which had promised, was also able to doe it.

    22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousnesse.

  • Heb 11:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17By faith Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offered his onely begotten sonne.

    18(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

  • Heb 11:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11Through faith Sara also receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a childe when she was past age, because she iudged him faithfull which had promised.

    12And therefore sprang there of one, euen of one which was dead, so many as the starres of the skie in multitude, and as the land of the sea shore which is innumerable.

  • Rom 9:7-10
    4 verses
    74%

    7Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:

    8That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.

    9For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.

    10Neither he onely felt this, but also Rebecca when shee had conceiued by one, euen by our father Isaac.

  • Rom 4:10-13
    4 verses
    74%

    10Howe was it then imputed? when he was circumcised, or vncircumcised? not when he was cricumcised, but when he was vncircumcised.

    11After, he receiued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the righteousnesse of ye faith which he had, when he was vncircumcised, that he should be the father of all them that beleeue, not being circumcised, that righteousnesse might be imputed to them also,

    12And the father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had when he was vncircumcised.

    13For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.

  • Gen 15:3-6
    4 verses
    73%

    3Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.

    4Then beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.

    5Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.

    6And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.

  • Gen 17:4
    73%

    4Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,

  • Rom 8:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24For we are saued by hope: but hope that is seene, is not hope: for how can a man hope for that which he seeth?

    25But if we hope for that we see not, we doe with patience abide for it.

  • Rom 4:3
    73%

    3For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.

  • Gal 3:6-9
    4 verses
    73%

    6Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

    7Knowe ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would iustifie the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.

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

  • Gen 17:19
    72%

    19Then God saide, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Izhak: and I will establish my couenant with him for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seede after him.

  • Heb 11:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed God, to goe out into a place, which hee should afterward receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

    9By faith he abode in the land of promes, as in a strange countrey, as one that dwelt in tents with Isaac and Iacob heires with him of the same promes.

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.

    18And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.

  • Gen 17:17
    72%

    17Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yeere olde? and shall Sarah that is ninetie yeere olde beare?

  • Rom 15:13
    72%

    13Nowe the God of hope fill you with all ioye, and peace in beleeuing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the holy Ghost.

  • Gen 21:2
    71%

    2For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, at the same season that God tolde him.

  • Heb 6:15
    71%

    15And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes.

  • Gal 4:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, & cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband.

    28Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promes.

  • Gen 18:18
    71%

    18Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?

  • Gal 3:16
    70%

    16Nowe to Abraham and his seede were the promises made. Hee saith not, And to the seedes, as speaking of many: but, And to thy seede, as of one, which is Christ.

  • Rom 4:1
    70%

    1What shal we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?

  • Heb 6:12
    69%

    12That ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.

  • Rom 5:4
    69%

    4And patience experience, and experience hope,

  • Heb 6:18
    69%

    18That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,

  • Rom 4:5
    69%

    5But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.

  • Gen 26:4
    69%

    4Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,

  • Gen 18:14
    69%

    14(Shall any thing be hard to the Lord? at the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, euen according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.)