Romans 4:17

First Nations Version

The Sacred Teachings tell us, “I have made you the father of many nations.” And in the eyes of the Great Spirit he is our father, for he put his trust in the Great Spirit, the one who gives life to the dead and speaks into being things that are not yet as if they already were.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:28

He has chosen the ones the world looks down on, those who seem to have nothing to offer, to bring to nothing the ones the world looks up to.

John 5:21

You will see the Son give life to whomever he wants and bring the dead back to life again—just like the Father does.

1 Peter 2:10

You are now the people of the Great Spirit, even though at one time you were not known in this way. In the past you had not known mercy, but now you have found it.

John 6:63

“Life comes from the spirit, not from the human body. My words have spirit and life in them—

Romans 8:11

If the same Spirit that brought Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One back from the dead lives in you, then that same Spirit will also bring your death-doomed bodies back to life again.

John 5:25

The time has now come when the ones who are spiritually dead will hear the voice of Creator’s own Son, and all who hear it will live.

Hebrews 11:12

So from this one man, his body as good as dead, many descendants were born, as many as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Romans 3:29

For is not the Great Spirit the maker of all people, not just our Tribal People? Yes! He is the Great Spirit of all Nations!

2 Peter 3:8

But do not forget this one thing, my much-loved friends: with the Great Spirit there is no difference between one day or one thousand winters.

Hebrews 11:7

Because he trusted the One Above Us All, One Who Rests (Noah) took to heart the warning given to him by the Great Spirit and made a great wooden canoe for the safety of his family. By trusting he showed the world how terrible their ways had become. By trusting he took his place among those who, by trusting, share in the blessing of good standing with Creator.

1 Timothy 6:13

As you stand before the Great Spirit who gives life to all things, and before Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, who told the truth in a good way when he stood before Spear of the Great Waters (Pilate), I call on you

Romans 9:26

He Helps Us (Hosea) also said, “In the same place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘The family of the living Creator.’”

1 Corinthians 15:45

It is written in our Sacred Teachings, “The first man, Red Clay (Adam), became a living being.” But the last Red Clay (Adam), the Chosen One, became a life-giving spirit.

Romans 4:2

If Father of Many Nations (Abraham) found good standing with Creator because he earned it by hard work, then he would be able to boast. But not in the eyes of the Great Spirit.

Acts 15:18

for he made these things known long ago.’

Matthew 3:9

Do you think you can say, ‘Father of Many Nations (Abraham) is our ancestor’? Do you not know the Great Spirit can make these stones into his children?

Romans 4:18

When all hope seemed to be gone, he trusted in the promise that he would become the father of many nations. The Great Spirit had said to him, “Your descendants will be like the stars, too many to count.”

Hebrews 11:3

By trusting, we understand that the Great Spirit, by his voice, created all that we can see. By trusting we understand that the things we see were brought into being by that which we cannot see.