18 who against hope believed in hope, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said, “so will your descendants be.”[a] 19 And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as good as dead, [b] because he[c] was approximately a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:18 A quotation from Gen 15:5
  2. Romans 4:19 Some manuscripts have “already as good as dead”
  3. Romans 4:19 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as causal