Romans 4:17

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”

that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

Again he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, ‘You dry bones, hear Yahweh’s word.

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

Yahweh’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”

Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”

You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’ ”

Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.

He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’ Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.

Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing announce this, tell it even to the end of the earth: say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!”

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.

for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.

Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains, for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice,

For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”

Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.

Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.”

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.

He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I answered, “Lord Yahweh, you know.”

Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.

But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.

Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha cumi!” which means, being interpreted, “Girl, I tell you, get up!”

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”

He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”

But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, “Child, arise!”

and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

“All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.

Besides hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”

“It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ ”

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

But Jesus hearing it, answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed.”