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

Hebrews 11:12

Before him

Romans 3:29

Who quickeneth

Calleth

2 Peter 3:8

General references

Galatians 4:28

Bible References

I have

Wherefore even from one person, and he become dead in respect to these matters, there sprang a race, as the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sand, which is on the shore of the sea, innumerable.

Before him

Is he the God of the Jews only, and is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, verily, of the Gentiles also:

Who quickeneth

For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath cause for glorying; though not before God.

But if the Spirit of him who hath raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he who raised Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his indwelling Spirit in you.

and think not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say unto you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

For as the Father raiseth the dead, and quickeneth them; so also doth the Son quicken whom he pleases.

The Spirit is the life-giving power; the flesh contributeth nothing: the declarations which I make to you, they are spirit, and they are life.

And so it is written, There was a first man Adam a living soul; a last Adam a quickening spirit.

AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins,

I conjure thee in the presence of God, who giveth life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who witnessed that noble confession before Pontius Pilate;

Calleth

For whom he foreknew, he predestinated also to a conformity with the image of his Son, that he might be the first-begotten among many brethren.

And it shall be in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called the sons of the living God."

Known unto God from the beginning are all his works.

and the ignoble things of the world, and the despicable, hath God elected, and the things that are not, to bring to nought the things which are,

By faith Noah, being divinely warned respecting things not yet seen, filled with reverential awe, prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but are now the objects of mercy.

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

General references

So we, brethren, as Isaac, are the children of the promise.