Romans 4:18

New English Translation

Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement, “so will your descendants be.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Luke 1:18

Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”

Acts 27:25

Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told.

Romans 4:17

(as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed – the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

Romans 4:19

Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

Romans 5:5

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 8:24

For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

Hebrews 6:19

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,