Romans 4:18
Context| NETBible | Against hope Abraham 1 believed 2 in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations 3 according to the pronouncement, 4 “so will your descendants be.” 5 |
| XREF | Ge 15:5,6; Ru 1:11-13; Pr 13:12; Eze 37:11; Mr 5:35,36; Lu 1:18; Ac 27:25; Ro 4:19; Ro 5:5; Ro 8:24 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 2 tn Grk “who against hope believed,” referring to Abraham. The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. 3 sn A quotation from Gen 17:5. 4 tn Grk “according to that which had been spoken.” 5 sn A quotation from Gen 15:5. |
