Romans 4:16-25

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.”

19WithoutG3361 becomingG770 weakG770 in faithG4102 he contemplatedG2657 his ownG1438 bodyG4983, now 16as good as deadG3499 since 17he was aboutG4225 a hundredG1541 yearsG1541 oldG1541, and 18the deadnessG3500 of Sarah’sG4564 wombG3388;

20yetG1161, with respectG1519 to the promiseG1860 of GodG2316, he did not waverG1252 in unbeliefG570 but grewG1743 strongG1743 in faithG4102, 19givingG1325 gloryG1391 to GodG2316,

21and 20being fullyG4135 assuredG4135 that 21whatG3739 God had promisedG1861, He was ableG1415 alsoG2532 to performG2038.

22ThereforeG1352 22it was alsoG2532 creditedG3049 to him as righteousnessG1343.

23NowG1161 23not for his sakeG1223 onlyG3440 was it writtenG1125 that it was creditedG3049 to him,

24but for our sakeG1223 alsoG2532, to whomG3739 it willG3195 be creditedG3049, to us 24who believeG4100 in Him who 25raisedG1453 JesusG2424 our LordG2962 from the deadG3498,

25He whoG3739 was 26deliveredG3860 overG3860 becauseG1223 of our wrongdoingsG3900, and was 27raisedG1453 becauseG1223 of our justificationG1347.