Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Romans 4:18 - Revised Standard Version In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations; as he had been told, “So shall your descendants be.” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be. [Gen. 15:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be. Common English Bible When it was beyond hope, he had faith in the hope that he would become the father of many nations, in keeping with the promise God spoke to him: “That’s how many descendants you will have.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he believed, with a hope beyond hope, so that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was said to him: "Thus shall your posterity shall be." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who against hope believed in hope; that he might be made the father of many nations, according to that which was said to him: So shall thy seed be. |
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.’
And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”
So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.
as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain,