Romans 4:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

Cross References

Genesis 17:16

And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 28:3

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

Isaiah 43:6

I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;

Isaiah 44:7

If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.

Isaiah 48:13

Yes, by my hand was the earth placed on its base, and by my right hand the heavens were stretched out; at my word they take up their places.

Isaiah 49:12

See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

Isaiah 51:2

Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.

Isaiah 55:12

For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.

Matthew 3:9

And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

John 5:21

The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;

John 5:25

For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.

John 6:63

The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

Acts 15:18

Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.

Romans 3:29

Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles:

Romans 4:18

Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

Romans 4:2

For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

Romans 8:11

But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.

Romans 9:11

Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

Romans 9:26

And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.

1 Corinthians 1:28

And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

1 Corinthians 15:45

And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

1 Timothy 6:13

I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,

Hebrews 11:12

So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

1 Peter 2:10

In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.

2 Peter 3:8

But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.