Romans 4:16-25
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That is why it depends on faith, k in order that the promise may rest on grace and l be guaranteed to all his offspring - not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, m who is the father of us all,
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as it is written, n "I have made you the father of many nations" - in the presence of the God in whom he believed, o who gives life to the dead and calls into existence p the things that do not exist.
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In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, q "So shall your offspring be."
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He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was r as good as dead ( s since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered t the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
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No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
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fully convinced that u God was able to do what he had promised.
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That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness."
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But v the words "it was counted to him" were not written for his sake alone,
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but for ours also. It will be counted to us w who believe in x him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
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y who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised z for our justification.
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Romans 3:24
And are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 3:22
But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Romans 15:8
For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs.
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Romans 9:8
This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
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Genesis 17:5
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Romans 4:18
In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be.
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Hebrews 11:19
He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.
John 5:21
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
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1 Corinthians 1:28
God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are.
Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
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Genesis 17:5
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
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Genesis 15:5
And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.
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Genesis 15:5
And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.
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Hebrews 11:12
Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.
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Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
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Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.
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Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
Hebrews 11:19
He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.
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Romans 15:4
For whatever was written in former days was wri...
1 Corinthians 9:9 - 10
For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You sha...
1 Corinthians 10:6
Now these things took place as examples for us,...
1 Corinthians 10:11
Now these things happened to them as an example...
2 Timothy 3:16 - 17
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profit...
Psalms 102:18
Let this be recorded for a generation to come, ...
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Romans 10:9
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
1 Peter 1:21
Who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
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Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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Romans 5:6
For while we were still weak, at the right time...
Romans 5:8
But God shows his love for us in that while we ...
Romans 8:32
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him u...
Isaiah 53:5 - 6
But he was wounded for our transgressions; he w...
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of Man came not to be served bu...
Galatians 1:4
Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us fro...
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Romans 5:18
Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
1 Corinthians 15:17
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
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