Rom 4:17-21 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

aCited from Gen. 17:5; [ver. 18]

b[Heb. 11:19]; See John 5:21

c 1 Cor. 1:28; [Heb. 11:3]

dCited from Gen. 15:5

e Heb. 11:12

f Gen. 17:17

g Gen. 18:11

i Gen. 18:14; [Heb. 11:19]

‏ Romans 4:17-21

17 as it is written, ^a“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, ^bwho gives life to the dead and calls into existence ^cthe things that do not exist. 18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, ^d“So shall your offspring be.” 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was ^eas good as dead ( ^fsince he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered ^gthe barrenness ^{▼▼Greek deadness} of Sarah’s womb. 20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that ⁱGod was able to do what he had promised.