Romans 4:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations; as he had been told, “So shall your descendants be.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:12

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

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.’

Luke 1:18

And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”

Acts 27:25

So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told.

Romans 4:17

as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

Romans 4:19

He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.

Romans 5:5

and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.

Romans 8:24

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

Hebrews 6:19

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain,