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Romans 4:16-18

16For thisτοῦτοtoutoG3778reasonδιὰdiaG1223it isby faithπίστεως,pisteōsG4102,inG2443orderG2443thatG2443it may beinG2596accordanceG2596withG2596graceχάριν,charinG5485,soG1519thatG1519the promiseἐπαγγελίανepangelianG1860will be guaranteedβεβαίανbebaianG949toallπαντὶpantiG3956thedescendantsσπέρματι,spermatiG4690,not onlyG3440tothoseG3588who are of the LawνόμουnomouG3551,but alsoκαὶkaiG2532tothoseG3588who are of the faithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102of AbrahamἈβραάμ,AbraamG11,whoὅςhosG3739isthe fatherπατὴρpatērG3962of us allπάντωνpantōnG3956,
17(as it is writtenγέγραπταιgegraptaiG1125: “I have madeτέθεικάtetheikaG5087youa fatherπατέραpateraG3962of manyπολλῶνpollōnG4183nationsἐθνῶνethnōnG1484”)inG2713theG2713presenceG2713of Him whomοὗhouG3739he believedἐπίστευσενepisteusenG4100, that is,Godθεοῦ,theouG2316,who givesG2227lifeζῳοποιοῦντοςzōopoiountosG2227toG2227the deadνεκροὺςnekrousG3498andcallsκαλοῦντοςkalountosG2564into beingὄνταontaG1510things that do not existὄντα·ontaG1510.
18In hopeἐλπίδαelpidaG1680againstἐπ᾽ep᾽G1909hopeἐλπίδιelpidiG1680he believedἐπίστευσενepisteusenG4100,soG1519thatG1519he might becomeγενέσθαιgenesthaiG1096a fatherπατέραpateraG3962of manyπολλῶνpollōnG4183nationsἐθνῶνethnōnG1484accordingκατὰkataG2596to that which had been spokenG3004, “SoοὕτωςhoutōsG3779shall yourdescendantsσπέρμαspermaG4690be.”
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