Romans 4:19

And he was not sickly in his faith, while contemplating his inert body, (for he was a hundred years old,) and the inert womb of Sarah.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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 Sarah’s womb:

In Context

18And without hope, he confided in the hope of becoming the father of a multitude of nations; (as it is written: So will thy seed be.)

20And he did not hesitate at the promise of God, as one lacking faith; but he was strong in faith, and gave glory to God;

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Cross References

Matthew 8:26Jesus said to them, Why are ye afraid, ye small in faith! Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the sea; and there was great tranquillity.

Matthew 14:31And immediately our Lord reached forth his hand, and caught him, and said to him: O small in faith, why didst thou distrust!

John 20:27And he said to Thomas: Reach hither thy finger, and look at my hands; and reach out thy hand and extend it to my side: and be not incredulous, but believing.

Romans 14:21It is proper, that we neither eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor do any thing, whereby our brother is stumbled.

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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