Romans

Romans 4:17

¹⁷As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”^d 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.

Footnotes

d 4:17 Genesis 17:5|GEN 17:5

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As	καθὼς	kathōs	Adverb	G2531 just as, as
it is written	γέγραπται	gegraptai	Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G1125 I write
I have made	τέθεικά	tetheika	Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G5087 I put, place
you	σε	se	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
a father	Πατέρα	Patera	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3962 father, Father, ancestor
of many	πολλῶν	pollōn	Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural	G4183 much, many, often
nations	ἐθνῶν	ethnōn	Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural	G1484 a race, people, the Gentiles
in the presence of	κατέναντι	katenanti	Preposition	G2713 opposite, in front of
God	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
in whom	οὗ	hou	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3739 who, which, what, that
he believed	ἐπίστευσεν	episteusen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G4100 I believe, have faith in
the	τοῦ	tou	Article - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3588 the
gives life	ζωοποιοῦντος	zōopoiountos	Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2227 I make to live
to the	τοὺς	tous	Article - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
dead	νεκροὺς	nekrous	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3498 dead, a corpse
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
calls	καλοῦντος	kalountos	Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2564 I call, invite, name
being	ὄντα	onta	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Plural	G1510 I am, exist
what	τὰ	ta	Article - Accusative Neuter Plural	G3588 the
not	μὴ	mē	Adverb	G3361 not, lest
yet	ὡς	hōs	Adverb	G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
exist	ὄντα	onta	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Plural	G1510 I am, exist

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Corinthians 1:28 · Genesis 17:4–5 · John 5:21 · Romans 8:29–30 · John 6:63 · 1 Peter 2:10 · Ephesians 2:1–5 · Romans 8:11 · John 5:25 · Hebrews 11:12 · Romans 3:29 · Hebrews 11:7

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