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Romans 4:17
1599 Geneva Bible
Romans 4:17
1599 Geneva Bible
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a [a]father of many nations) even before [b]God whom he believed, who [c]quickeneth the dead, and [d]calleth those things which be not, as though they were.
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- Romans 4:17 This fatherhood is spiritual, depending only upon the virtue of God, who made the promise.
- Romans 4:17 Before God, that is, by a spiritual kindred, which had place before God, and maketh us acceptable to God.
- Romans 4:17 Who restored to life.
- Romans 4:17 With whom these things are already, which as yet are not in deed, as he that can with a word make what he will of nothing.
Romans 4:17
New International Version
Romans 4:17
New International Version
17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[a](A) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(B) to the dead and calls(C) into being things that were not.(D)
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- Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5
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