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Romans 4:13-25 (NET)

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¹³ For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. ¹⁴ For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified. ¹⁵ For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either. ¹⁶ For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all ¹⁷ (as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do. ¹⁸ Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became according to the pronouncement, "so will your descendants be." ¹⁹ Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah's womb. ²⁰ He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God. ²¹ He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do. ²² So indeed it was credited to Abraham as righteousness. ²³ But the statement was not written only for Abraham's sake, ²⁴ but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. ²⁵ He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 20) Believing / Unbelief - Abraham - did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God
(v. 20) Promises - Abraham - fully persuaded that God had power to do what he promised
(v. 20) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Abraham - strengthened in his faith
(v. 20) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Abraham - fully persuaded that God had power to do what he promised
(v. 21) Promises - Abraham - fully persuaded that God had power to do what he promised
(v. 21) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - Abraham - fully persuaded that God had power to do what he promised

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 13) Promises of God - Being Fully Persuaded (2009-02-28)
(v. 13) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 14) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 15) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 16) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 17) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 18) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Even though (2008-05-21)
(v. 18) Mind Change - Faith (2011-11-15)
(v. 18) Man of Hope (2015-06-06)
(v. 18) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 19) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 19) Mind Change - Faith (2011-11-15)
(v. 20) Mind Change - Faith (2011-11-15)
(v. 20) Promises of God - Being Fully Persuaded (2009-02-28)
(v. 20) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 21) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 21) Promises of God - Being Fully Persuaded (2009-02-28)
(v. 21) Mind Change - Faith (2011-11-15)
(v. 22) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 23) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 24) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)
(v. 25) Righteousness that comes from faith (2011-05-24)

Definition(s):
Abraham (Ab-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Abraham (Ehb-ra-ham): father of a great multitude
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
So (Soh):