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Romans 4:16-18

16For thisG3778 reasonG1223 it is 1by faithG4102, inG2443 orderG2443 thatG2443 it may be inG2596 accordanceG2596 withG2596 2graceG5485, soG1519 thatG1519 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: “I have madeG5087 you 9a fatherG3962 of manyG4183 nationsG1484”) inG2713 theG2713 presenceG2713 of Him whomG3739 he believedG4100, that is, GodG2316, 10who givesG2227 lifeG2227 toG2227 the deadG3498 and 11callsG2564 into beingG1510 12things that do not existG1510.

18In hopeG1680 againstG1909 hopeG1680 he believedG4100, soG1519 thatG1519 he might becomeG1096 13a fatherG3962 of manyG4183 nationsG1484 accordingG2596 to that which had been spokenG3004, “14SoG3779 shall your 15descendantsG4690 be.”

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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 Is 48:13; 51:2 ↩
  12. 12. Romans 4:17 1 Cor 1:28 ↩
  13. 13. Romans 4:18 Rom 4:17 ↩
  14. 14. Romans 4:18 Gen 15:5 ↩
  15. 15. Romans 4:18 Lit seed ↩

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