Romans 4:17 Cross References
Romans 4:17
17: That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, "I have made you the father of many nations." This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who brings into existence what didn't exist before.
1 Corinthians 1:28
- God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important,
Genesis 17:4
- "This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of not just one nation, but a multitude of nations!
- What's more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram; now you will be known as Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
Romans 8:29
- For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters.
- And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And he gave them right standing with himself, and he promised them his glory.
John 5:21
- He will even raise from the dead anyone he wants to, just as the Father does.
John 6:63
- It is the Spirit who gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Romans 8:11
- The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as he raised Christ from the dead, he will give life to your mortal body by this same Spirit living within you.
Ephesians 2:1
- Once you were dead, doomed forever because of your many sins.
- You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.
- All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under God's anger just like everyone else.
- But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much,
- that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's special favor that you have been saved!)
1 Peter 2:10
- "Once you were not a people; now you are the people of God. Once you received none of God's mercy; now you have received his mercy."
John 5:25
- "And I assure you that the time is coming, in fact it is here, when the dead will hear my voice--the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.
Isaiah 55:12
- You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands!
1 Timothy 6:13
- And I command you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate,
Hebrews 11:12
- And so a whole nation came from this one man, Abraham, who was too old to have any children--a nation with so many people that, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.
Romans 3:29
- After all, God is not the God of the Jews only, is he? Isn't he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is.
Isaiah 49:12
- See, my people will return from far away, from lands to the north and west, and from as far south as Egypt. "
Genesis 17:16
- And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings will be among her descendants!"
Isaiah 44:7
- Who else can tell you what is going to happen in the days ahead? Let them tell you if they can and thus prove their power. Let them do as I have done since ancient times.
Isaiah 48:13
- It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth. The palm of my right hand spread out the heavens above. I spoke, and they came into being.
2 Peter 3:8
- But you must not forget, dear friends, that a day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.
Hebrews 11:7
- It was by faith that Noah built an ark to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about something that had never happened before. By his faith he condemned the rest of the world and was made right in God's sight.
Romans 9:26
- And, "Once they were told, 'You are not my people.' But now he will say, 'You are children of the living God.'"
Romans 4:2
- Was it because of his good deeds that God accepted him? If so, he would have had something to boast about. But from God's point of view Abraham had no basis at all for pride.
Isaiah 43:6
- and from north and south. I will bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth.
1 Corinthians 15:45
- The Scriptures tell us, "The first man, Adam, became a living person." But the last Adam--that is, Christ--is a life-giving Spirit.
Genesis 28:3
- May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants become a great assembly of nations!
Genesis 17:20
- As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will cause him to multiply and become a great nation. Twelve princes will be among his descendants.
Matthew 3:9
- Don't just say, 'We're safe--we're the descendants of Abraham.' That proves nothing. God can change these stones here into children of Abraham.
Genesis 25:1
- Now Abraham married again. Keturah was his new wife,
- and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Jokshan's two sons were Sheba and Dedan. Dedan's descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.
- Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. These were all descendants of Abraham through Keturah.
- Abraham left everything he owned to his son Isaac.
Acts 15:18
- he who made these things known long ago.'