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Romans 4:18 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. "
Romans 4:18
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Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; 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,
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
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Romans 4:1
"What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?"
Romans 4:2
"For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God."
Romans 4:3
"For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness."
Romans 4:4
"Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt."
Romans 4:5
"But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."
Romans 4:6
"Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,"
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