Romans 4:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 4:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 4:17 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 4:17 — KJV
“(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. before him: or, like unto him”
— Romans 4:17 (KJV)
Romans 4:17 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 4:17
“And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?”
Shares key themes with Romans 4:17: nations, before, whom
“Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.”
Shares key themes with Romans 4:17: made, many, nations
“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.”
Shares key themes with Romans 4:17: written, before, god
“When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;”
Shares key themes with Romans 4:17: many, nations, before
“Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. by...: Heb. after them”
Shares key themes with Romans 4:17: nations, before, even
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