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Romans 4:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.” "
Romans 4:18
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16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
17 As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
18 Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”
19 Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
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Romans 4:1
"What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?"
Romans 4:2
"For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God."
Romans 4:3
"For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”"
Romans 4:4
"Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed."
Romans 4:5
"But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness."
Romans 4:6
"Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:"
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