Romans 4:21

Romans 4:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
• New International Version (NIV)being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
• English Standard Version (ESV)fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises.

Context of Romans 4:21

19And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. 22And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 23Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,

Romans 4:21 word by word

καὶ πληροφορηθεὶς ὅτι ὃ ἐπήγγελται δυνατός ἐστιν καὶ ποιῆσαι·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• being fully persuadedπληροφορέωplērophoreō · to fulfillG4135
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• he had promisedἐπαγγέλλωepaggellō · to professG1861
• he wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ableδυνατόςdunatos · ableG1415
• to performποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160

Cross-references for Romans 4:21

• Romans 8:38For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
• 2 Timothy 1:12For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
• Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
• Romans 14:4Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
• Genesis 18:14Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
• Psalms 115:3But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.
• Jeremiah 32:17‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.
• Matthew 19:26But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
• Luke 1:37For with God nothing will be impossible.”
• 2 Corinthians 9:8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
• Hebrews 11:19concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

Commentaries on Romans 4:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21And being fully persuaded - , his measure: his soul was full of confidence, that the truth of God bound him to fulfill his promise and his power enabled him to do it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21And being fully persuaded - Thoroughly or entirely convinced; Luke 1:1; Romans 14:5; 2 Timothy 4:5, 2 Timothy 4:17. He was able - Compare Genesis 18:14. This was not the only time in which Abraham evinced this confidence. His faith was equally implicit and strong when he was commanded to sacrifice his promised son; Hebrews 11:19.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-22Verses 13-22 The promise was made to Abraham long before the law. It points at Christ, and it refers to the promise, Ge 12:3. In Thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. The law worketh wrath, by showing that every transgressor is exposed to the Divine displeasure. As God intended to give men a title to the promised blessings, so he appointed it to be by faith, that it might be wholly of grace, to make it sure to all who were of the like precious…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2218-22. Who against hope--when no ground for hope appeared. believed in hope--that is, cherished the believing expectation. that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be--that is, Such "as the stars of heaven," Ge 15:5.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 4:21

• Abraham
• Catholicity
• Faith
• Justification
• Power
• Resurrection
• Salvation
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Flesh
• Impute
• Quicken
• Raise
• Reckon
• Stagger
• Unbelief
• Void
• Bible, the
• Galatians, Epistle to the

Commentaries on Romans 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings