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

General references

Galatians 4:28

Bible References

I have

Thus a single man, though he was physically impotent, had issue in number like the stars in heaven, countless as the sand on the seashore.

Before him

Or is God only the God of Jews? Is he not the God of the Gentiles as well? Surely he is.

Who quickeneth

This, that if 'Abraham was justified on the score of what he did,' he has something to be proud of. But not to be proud of before God.

And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells within you, then He who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies live by his indwelling Spirit in your lives.

instead of presuming to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

for as the Father raises the dead and makes them live, so the Son makes anyone live whom he chooses.

What gives life is the Spirit: flesh is of no avail at all. The words I have uttered to you are spirit and life.

Thus it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became an animate being, the last Adam a life-giving Spirit';

And as with us so with you. You were dead in the trespasses and sins

In the presence of God who is the Life of all, and of Christ Jesus who testified to the good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you

Calleth

For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son ??that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood.

on the very spot where they were told, 'You are no people of mine,' there shall they be called 'sons of the living God.'

who makes this known from of old.

God has chosen what is mean and despised in the world ??things which are not, to put down things that are;

It was by faith that Noah, after being told by God what was still unseen, reverently constructed an ark to save his household; thus he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that follows faith.

Beloved, you must not ignore this one fact, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a single day.

General references

Now you are the children of the Promise, brothers, like Isaac;