As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist. Cross References Genesis 17:5 No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. Isaiah 48:13 Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together. Isaiah 51:2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him. John 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes. Romans 4:18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be." Romans 9:11 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's plan of election might stand, 1 Corinthians 1:28 He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Treasury of Scripture (As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who vivifies the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were. I have. Genesis 17:4,5,16,20 Genesis 25:1-34 Genesis 28:3 before him. Romans 3:29 who quickeneth. Romans 4:2 Romans 8:11 Matthew 3:9 calleth. Romans 8:29,30 Romans 9:26 Isaiah 43:6 |
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