Romans 4:17-25 as the Scripture says, "I have made you the father of many nations." The promise is guaranteed in the very sight of God in whom he had faith, who can bring the dead to life and call into being what does not exist.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ as the Scripture says, "I have made you the father of many nations." The promise is guaranteed in the very sight of God in whom he had faith, who can bring the dead to life and call into being what does not exist. ¹⁸ Abraham, hoping against hope, had faith, and so became the father of many nations, in fulfilment of the Scripture, "So countless shall your descendants be." ¹⁹ His faith did not weaken, although he realized that his own body was worn out, for he was about a hundred years old, and that Sarah was past bearing children. ²⁰ He did not incredulously question God's promise, but his faith gave him power and he praised God ²¹ in the full assurance that God was able to do what he had promised. ²² That was why it was credited to him as uprightness. ²³ It was not on his account alone that these words, "it was credited to him," were written, ²⁴ but also on ours, for it is to be credited also to us who have faith in him who raised from the dead our Lord Jesus, ²⁵ who was given up to death to make up for our offenses, and raised to life to make us upright.