Romans 4:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations   , according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be.   ,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ [For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be. [Gen. 15:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ When it was beyond hope, he had faith in the hope that he would become the father of many nations, in keeping with the promise God spoke to him: “That’s how many descendants you will have.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And he believed, with a hope beyond hope, so that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was said to him: "Thus shall your posterity shall be."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Who against hope believed in hope; that he might be made the father of many nations, according to that which was said to him: So shall thy seed be.

Romans 4:18 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 13:12

Hope delayed makes the heart sick, but 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.  Look how they say, “Our bones are dried up,  and our hope has perished;  we are cut off.”

Luke 1:18

‘How can I know this? ’ Zechariah asked the angel. ‘For I am an old man, and my wife is well on in years.’

Acts 27:25

So take courage, men, because I believe God that it will be just the way it was told to me.

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, the one who gives life to the dead  and calls  things into existence that do not exist.

Romans 4:19

He did not weaken in faith when he considered  his own body to be already dead  (since he was about a hundred years old)  and also the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

Romans 5:5

This hope will not disappoint us,  because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts  through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 8:24

Now in this hope  we were saved, but 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, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.