Romans 4:18

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Abraham hoped for what he believed [God had promised], even when there seemed little hope [of it happening], so this made him forefather of many nations, according to the words spoken to him [Gen. 15:5], “Your descendants will be many.”

Cross References

Luke 1:18

And Zacharias said to the angel, “How will I know this? For I am an old man and my wife is [also] very old.”

Acts 27:25

So men, cheer up, for I believe God, that everything will turn out just as I was told it would.

Romans 4:17

just as it is written [Gen. 17:5], “I [i.e., God] have made you [i.e., Abraham] forefather of many nations.” He received this promise in the presence of God, in whom he believed, and who gives life [back] to dead people and who refers to things [promised] as though they were [already] fulfilled.

Romans 4:19

Abraham’s faith did not become weak [even though] he was about one hundred years old and considered his body almost dead and Sarah’s womb incapable of conceiving a child.

Romans 5:5

For while we were still helpless, at [just] the proper time, Christ died for ungodly people.

Romans 8:24

For in [this] hope we were saved [i.e., we received the hope of future blessings]; but if we [already] see what we hope for, it is not [really] hope. For who hopes for what he [already] sees?

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, [a hope] that is safe and secure, and one that enters the curtain [i.e., figuratively, of the heavenly sanctuary],