Romans 4:17-25 (as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations). Such a faith implies the presence of the God in whom he believed, a God who makes the dead live and calls into being what does not exist.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ (as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations). Such a faith implies the presence of the God in whom he believed, a God who makes the dead live and calls into being what does not exist. ¹⁸ For Abraham, when hope was gone, hoped on in faith, and thus became the father of many nations — even as he was told, So numberless shall your offspring be. ¹⁹ His faith never quailed, even when he noted the utter impotence of his own body (for he was about a hundred years old) or the impotence of Sara's womb; ²⁰ no unbelief made him waver about God's promise; his faith won strength as he gave glory to God ²¹ and felt convinced that He was able to do what He had promised. ²² Hence his faith was counted to him as righteousness. ²³ And these words counted to him have not been written for him alone ²⁴ but for our sakes as well; faith will be counted to us as we believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, ²⁵ Jesus who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised that we might be justified.