Romans 4:17

Weymouth NT

so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham's true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a faith like that of Abraham. Thus in the sight of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, Abraham is the forefather of all of us. As it is written, »I have appointed you to be the forefather of many nations.«

Cross References

Matthew 3:9

and do not imagine that you can say to yourselves, `We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones.

John 5:21

For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.

John 5:25

»In most solemn truth I tell you that a time is coming –nay, has already come– when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.«

John 6:63

It is the spirit which gives Life. The flesh confers no benefit whatever. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and are Life.

Acts 15:18

Says the Lord, who has been making these things known from ages long past.'

Romans 3:29

Is God simply the God of the Jews, and not of the Gentiles also? He is certainly the God of the Gentiles also,

Romans 4:18

Under utterly hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed, so that he might become the forefather of many nations, in agreement with the words »Equally numerous shall your posterity be.«

Romans 4:2

For if he was held to be righteous on the ground of his actions, he has something to boast of; but not in the presence of God.

Romans 8:11

And if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ from the dead will give Life also to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who dwells in you.

Romans 9:11

and even then, though they were not then born and had not done anything either good or evil, yet in order that God's electing purpose might not be frustrated, based, as it was, not on their actions but on the will of Him who called them, she was told,

Romans 9:26

And in the place where it was said to them, `No people of Mine are you,' there shall they be called sons of the everliving God.«

1 Corinthians 1:28

and the things which the world regards as base, and those which it sets utterly at nought –things that have no existence– God has chosen in order to reduce to nothing things that do exist;

1 Corinthians 15:45

In the same way also it is written, »The first man Adam became a living animal«; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.

1 Timothy 6:13

I charge you –as in the presence of God who gives life to all creatures, and of Christ Jesus who at the bar of Pontius Pilate made a noble profession of faith–

Hebrews 11:12

And thus there sprang from one man, and him practically dead, a nation like the stars of the sky in number, and like the sands on the sea shore which cannot be counted.

Hebrews 11:3

Through faith we understand that the worlds came into being, and still exist, at the command of God, so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible.

Hebrews 11:7

Through faith Noah, being divinely taught about things as yet unseen, reverently gave heed and built an ark for the safety of his family, and by this act he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which depends on faith.

1 Peter 2:10

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not found mercy, but now you have.

2 Peter 3:8

But there is one thing, dear friends, which you must not forget. With the Lord one day resembles a thousand years and a thousand years resemble one day.