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Romans 4:16-24

16Therefore[itisG1510]ontheprincipleG3551offaithπίστεως,pisteōsG4102,that[itmightbeG1510]accordingκατὰkataG2596tograceχάριν,charinG5485,inorderG2443tothepromiseἐπαγγελίανepangelianG1860beingG1510sureβεβαίανbebaianG949toalltheseedσπέρματι,spermatiG4690,nottothatonlyG3440which[isG1510]ofthelawνόμουnomouG3551,buttothatalsoκαὶkaiG2532which[isG1510]ofAbraham'sfaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102,whoisG1510fatherπατὴρpatērG3962ofusall,

17(accordingasitisG1510writtenG1125,IhavemadetheefatherπατέραpateraG3962ofmanyπολλῶνpollōnG4183nationsἐθνῶνethnōnG1484,)beforetheGodθεοῦ,theouG2316whomhebelievedG4100,whoquickensthedeadνεκροὺςnekrousG3498,andcallsκαλοῦντοςkalountosG2564thethingsG4183whichbeG1510notasbeingG1510;

18whoagainsthopeἐλπίδαelpidaG1680believedG4100inhopeἐλπίδιelpidiG1680tohisbecomingγενέσθαιgenesthaiG1096fatherπατέραpateraG3962ofmanyπολλῶνpollōnG4183nationsἐθνῶνethnōnG1484,accordingκατὰkataG2596tothatwhichwasἔσταιestaiG1510spoken,SoοὕτωςhoutōsG3779shall thyseedG4690beG1510:

19andnotbeingweakἀσθενήσαςasthenēsasG770infaithπίστειpisteiG4102,heconsiderednothisownἑαυτοῦhe'autouG1438bodyσῶμαsōmaG4983already becomedead,beingaboutahundredyearsold,andthedeadeningofSarah'swombμήτραςmētrasG3388,

20andhesitatednotatthepromiseἐπαγγελίανepangelianG1860ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316throughunbeliefἀπιστίᾳ,apistiaG570;butfoundstrengthinfaithπίστει,pisteiG4102,givingG1325gloryδόξανdoxanG1391toGodθεῷtheōG2316;

21andbeingG1510fullyπληροφορηθεὶςplērophorētheisG4135persuadedthatwhathehaspromisedG1861heisG1510ableδυνατόςdunatosG1415alsoG2532todo;

22whereforealsoκαὶkaiG2532itwasreckonedG3049tohimasrighteousnessδικαιοσύνην.¶dikaiosunēnG1343.

23NowδὲdeG1161itwasnotwrittenG1125onhisaccountδι᾽di᾽G1223aloneμόνονmononG3441thatitwasreckonedG3049tohim,

24butonoursalsoκαὶkaiG2532,towhom,believingG4100onhimwhohasraisedG1453fromamong[the]deadνεκρῶν,nekrōnG3498JesusἸησοῦνIēsounG2424ourLordκύριονkurionG2962,

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