Romans 4:18

who against hope confided in hope, that he should be the father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The 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.

In Context

17as it has been written, That I have constituted thee the father of many nations, before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls things which are not as really existing:

19and being not weak in faith, he considered not his body already dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb:

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Cross References

Mark 5:35And He still speaking, they come from the house of the chief ruler of the synagogue, saying, Thy daughter is dead: why do you still trouble the Teacher?

Acts 27:25Therefore cheer up, O men: for I believe God, that it shall be according to the manner which He has spoken to me.

Romans 4:19and being not weak in faith, he considered not his body already dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb:

Romans 8:24For we are saved by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for why does any one indeed hope for that which he sees?

Matthew Henry on Romans 4:10-23

The Case of Abraham. ( a. d. 58.) 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not… Read the whole commentary →

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