- Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring--not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
- As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed--the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
- Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
- Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead--since he was about a hundred years old--and that Sarah's womb was also dead.
- Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
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- 所以人得为后嗣是本乎信。因此就属乎恩。叫应许定然归给一切后裔。不但归给那属乎律法的,也归给那效法亚伯拉罕之信的。
- 亚伯拉罕所信的,是那叫死人复活使无变为有的神,他在主面前作我们世人的父。如经上所记,我已经立你作多国的父。
- 他在无可指望的时候,因信仍有指望,就得以作多国的父,正如先前所说,你的后裔将要如此。
- 他将近百岁的时候,虽然想到自己的身体如同已死,撒拉的生育已经断绝,他的信心还是不软弱。
- 并且仰望神的应许,总没有因不信,心里起疑惑。反倒因信,心里得坚固,将荣耀归给神。
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