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.
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn a
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have receive
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and t
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemn
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as th
Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him
Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up togeth
Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand year
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kin
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in
Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daug
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘son
Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
that have been known for ages.’
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God ca
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He wil