Romans 4:17

Easy To Read Version

Like it is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [43]} \} “I have made you (Abraham) a father of many nations.” {\cf2\super [44]} This is true before God. Abraham believed in God—the God who gives life to dead people and decides that things will happen that have not yet happened.

Cross References

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her.”

Genesis 17:20

“You mentioned Ishmael, and I heard you. I will bless him. He will have many children. He will be the father of twelve great leaders. His family will become a great nation.

Genesis 28:3

I pray that God All-Powerful [162] will bless you and give you many children. I pray that you will become the father of a great nation.

Isaiah 43:6

I will tell the north: Give my people to me! I will tell the south: Don’t keep my people in prison! Bring my sons and daughters to me from the faraway places!

Isaiah 44:7

There is no other God like me. If there is, then that god should speak now. That god should come and show proof that he is like me. That god should tell me what has happened since the time I made these ancient people. That god should give signs to show that he knows what will happen in the future.

Isaiah 48:13

I made the earth with my own hands.\par My right hand made the sky.\par And if I call them,\par they will come together before me.\par

Isaiah 49:12

“Look! People are coming to me\par from faraway places.\par People are coming to me\par from the north and from the west.\par People are coming to me\par from Aswan in Egypt.”\par

Isaiah 51:2

Abraham is your father, and you should look at him. You should look at Sarah—the woman that gave birth to you. Abraham was alone when I called him. Then I blessed him, and he began a great family. Many, many people came from him.”

Isaiah 55:12

My words will go out with happiness,\par and they will bring peace.\par Mountains and hills will begin dancing with happiness.\par All the trees in the fields will clap their hands.\par

Matthew 3:9

And don’t think that you can boast and say to yourselves, ‘Abraham {\cf2\super [39]} is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks here.

John 5:21

The Father raises dead people and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to the people he wants to.

John 5:25

I tell you the truth. An \{important\} time is coming. That time is already here. People that are dead \{in sin\} will hear the voice of the Son of God. And the people that \{accept the things they\} hear \{from the Son\} will have life \{forever\}.

John 6:63

It is not the body that gives a person life. It is the spirit that gives life. The things I told you are spirit. And so these things give life.

Acts 15:18

These things have been known\par from the beginning of time.’\par

Romans 3:29

A person is a true Jew only if he is a Jew inside. True circumcision is done in the heart. It is done by the Spirit, {\cf2\super [24]} not by the written law. And a person that is circumcised in the heart by the Spirit gets praise from God, not from people.

Romans 4:18

There was no hope \{that Abraham {\cf2\super [45]} would have children\}. But Abraham believed God and continued hoping. And that is why he became the father of many nations. Like God told him, “You will have many descendants (children).” {\cf2\super [46]}

Romans 4:2

If Abraham was made right by the things he did, then he had a reason to boast. But Abraham could not boast before God.

Romans 8:11

God raised Jesus from death. And if God’s Spirit is living in you, then he will also give life to your bodies that die. God is the One who raised Christ from death. And he will give life to your bodies through his Spirit that lives in you.

Romans 9:26

“And in the same place that God said,\par ‘You are not my people’—\par in that place they will be called\par sons of the living God.”\par \i (Hosea 1:10)\i0 \par

1 Corinthians 1:28

And God chose what the world thinks is not important. He chose what the world hates and thinks is nothing. God chose these to destroy what the world thinks is important.

1 Corinthians 15:45

Like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [116]} say, “The first man (Adam) became a living thing. {\cf2\super [117]} ” {\cf2\super [118]} But the last Adam (Christ) became a spirit that gives life.

1 Timothy 6:13

Before God and Christ Jesus I give you a command. Christ Jesus is the One that confessed that same great truth when he stood before Pontius Pilate. {\cf2\super [33]} And God is the One that gives life to everything. Now I tell you:

Hebrews 11:12

This man was so old that he was almost dead. But from that one man came as many descendants {\cf2\super [146]} (people) as there are stars in the sky. So many people came from that one man that they are like grains of sand on the seashore.

Hebrews 11:3

Faith helps us understand that God created the whole world with his command. This means that the things we see were made by something that cannot be seen.

Hebrews 11:7

Noah was warned by God about things that Noah could not yet see. But Noah had faith and respect for God. So Noah built a large boat to save his family. With his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong. And Noah became one of those people who are made right with God through faith.

1 Peter 2:10

At one time you were not God’s people. But now you are God’s people. In the past you had never received mercy. But now you have received mercy \{from God\}.

2 Peter 3:8

But don’t forget this one thing, dear friends: To the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day.