Romans 4
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Romans 4:16-17

16For thisG3778 reasonG1223 it is 1by faithG4102, in orderG2443 that it may be in accordanceG2596 with 2graceG5485, soG1519 that the promiseG1860 will be guaranteedG949 to 3allG3956 the 4descendantsG4690, not onlyG3440 to 5thoseG3588 who are of the LawG3551, but alsoG2532 to 67thoseG3588 who are of the faithG4102 of AbrahamG11, whoG3739 is 8the fatherG3962 of us allG3956,

17(as it is writtenG1125, “9A fatherG3962 of manyG4183 nationsG1484 have I madeG5087 you”) in the presenceG2713 of Him whomG3739 he believedG4100, even GodG2316, 10who givesG2227 lifeG2227 to the deadG3498 and 1112callsG2564 into beingG1510 13that which does not existG1510.

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Notes

  1. 1. Romans 4:16 Or out of ↩
  2. 2. Romans 4:16 Rom 3:24 ↩
  3. 3. Romans 4:16 Rom 4:11; 9:8; 15:8 ↩
  4. 4. Romans 4:16 Lit seed ↩
  5. 5. Romans 4:16 Lit that which is ↩
  6. 6. Romans 4:16 Lit that which is ↩
  7. 7. Romans 4:16 Gal 3:7 ↩
  8. 8. Romans 4:16 Luke 19:9; Rom 4:11 ↩
  9. 9. Romans 4:17 Gen 17:5 ↩
  10. 10. Romans 4:17 John 5:21 ↩
  11. 11. Romans 4:17 Lit calls the things which do not exist as existing ↩
  12. 12. Romans 4:17 Is 48:13; 51:2 ↩
  13. 13. Romans 4:17 1 Cor 1:28 ↩

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