Romans 4:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

(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.

I have

Genesis 17:4

Genesis 28:3

Hebrews 11:12

Before him

Romans 3:29

Who quickeneth

Calleth

General references

Genesis 13:16

Galatians 4:28

Bible References

I have

It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.

And the Almighty God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples.

Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one become dead, even as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the countless sand which is by the sea shore.

Before him

Is God the God of Jews only? is he not of the nations also? Yea, of nations also:

Who quickeneth

For if Abraham has been justified on the principle of works, he has whereof to boast: but not before God;

But if the Spirit of him that has raised up Jesus from among the dead dwell in you, he that has raised up Christ from among the dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit which dwells in you.

And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

For even as the Father raises the dead and quickens them, thus the Son also quickens whom he will:

It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.

Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.

and you, being dead in your offences and sins --

I enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession,

Calleth

Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brethren.

And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called Sons of the living God.

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the end of the earth,

And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the coming things, and those that shall happen, let them declare unto them.

Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

known from eternity.

and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, and things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;

By faith, Noah, oracularly warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

who once were not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.

But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

General references

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.

But ye, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.