Romans 4:17
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(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.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.
In other translations
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.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.
Greek words
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531γέγραπταιgegraptaiit has been writtenG1125ὅτιhotithatG3754πατέραpateraA fatherG3962πολλῶνpollōnof manyG4183ἐθνῶνethnōnnationsG1484τέθεικάtetheikaI have madeG5087σε,seyou,G4771κατέναντιkatenantibeforeG2713οὗhouwhomG3739ἐπίστευσενepisteusenhe believedG4100θεοῦ,theouGod,G2316τοῦtouwhoG3588ζῳοποιοῦντοςzōopoiountosis giving lifeG2227τοὺςtousto theG3588νεκροὺςnekrousdeadG3498καὶkaiandG2532καλοῦντοςkalountoscallingG2564τὰtathe [things]G3588μὴmēnotG3361ὄνταonta[into] beingG1510ὡςhōsasG5613ὄντα·ontaexisting;G1510
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