Romans 4:19

17 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.

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.”

Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

20 Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

21 being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
KJV
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
WEB
Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
ASV
And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah`s womb;
DARBY
and not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body already become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb,
BLB
And not having become weak in the faith, he considered his body already having become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
ÅB
Og uten å bli svak i troen så han på sin egen, utlevde kropp – for han var nesten hundre år gammel – og på Saras døde morsliv.
OTB
Uten å svekkes i troen, betraktet han sin egen kropp, nå så godt som død siden han var omkring hundre år gammel, og Saras døde morsliv.
B1930
og uten å bli svak i troen så han på sitt eget legeme, som var utlevd, han var næsten hundre år gammel, og på Saras utdødde morsliv;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 11:11–19

    By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

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  • Genesis 17:17

    Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

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  • Romans 4:20–21

    Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

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  • Matthew 14:31

    Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”

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  • Mark 9:23–24

    “If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”

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  • Matthew 6:30

    If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

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  • Matthew 8:26

    “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

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  • Genesis 18:11–14

    And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

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