Romans 4:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.

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  • Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.
  • Rom 8:24 : 24 For we are saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
  • Gen 15:5-6 : 5 And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
  • Ruth 1:11-13 : 11 And Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters: why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and also bear sons; 13 Would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off.
  • Mark 5:35-36 : 35 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house some who said, Your daughter is dead: why trouble the Master any further? 36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be afraid, only believe.
  • Luke 1:18 : 18 Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.
  • Acts 27:25 : 25 Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it will be just as it was told to me.
  • Rom 4:17 : 17 As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.
  • Prov 13:12 : 12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

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  • Rom 4:16-17
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    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

  • Rom 4:19-22
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    19And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.

    20He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

    21And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

    22And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Heb 11:11-12
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    11Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

    12Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable.

  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.

    8That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

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

    10And not only this; but Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac;

  • Rom 4:10-13
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    10How was it then credited? 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 still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;

    12And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.

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

  • Gen 15:3-6
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    3And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir.

    4And, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come forth out of your own body shall be your heir.

    5And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be.

    6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Gen 17:4
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    4As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

  • Rom 8:24-25
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    24For we are saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?

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

  • Rom 4:3
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    3For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

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

    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'

    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

  • Gen 17:19
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    19And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

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

    9By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, 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 you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;

    18And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

  • Gen 17:17
    72%

    17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?

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

  • Gen 21:2
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    2For Sarah conceived and bore 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 so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  • Gal 4:27-28
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    27For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.'

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

  • Gen 18:18
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    18Since 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 and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.

  • Rom 4:1
    70%

    1What shall we say then that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

  • Heb 6:12
    69%

    12That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

  • Rom 5:4
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    4And patience, character; and character, hope:

  • Heb 6:18
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    18That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:

  • Rom 4:5
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    5But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

  • Gen 26:4
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    4And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

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