Romans 4:18
King James Version
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
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Romans 4:18
New International Version
18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,(A) just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[a](B)
Footnotes
- Romans 4:18 Gen. 15:5
Romans 8:24
King James Version
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
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Romans 8:24
New International Version
24 For in this hope we were saved.(A) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(B) Who hopes for what they already have?
Romans 5:5
King James Version
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
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Romans 5:5
New International Version
5 And hope(A) does not put us to shame, because God’s love(B) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,(C) who has been given to us.
Acts 27:25
King James Version
25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
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Acts 27:25
New International Version
25 So keep up your courage,(A) men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me.(B)
Mark 5:35-36
King James Version
35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
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Mark 5:35-36
New International Version
35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader.(A) “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
36 Overhearing[a] what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
Footnotes
- Mark 5:36 Or Ignoring
Genesis 15:5-6
King James Version
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
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Genesis 15:5-6
New International Version
5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)
6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.(C)
Footnotes
- Genesis 15:5 Or seed
Romans 4:17
King James Version
17 (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.
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Romans 4:17
New International Version
17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[a](A) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(B) to the dead and calls(C) into being things that were not.(D)
Footnotes
- Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5
Luke 1:18
King James Version
18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
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Luke 1:18
New International Version
18 Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this?(A) I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”(B)
Ezekiel 37:11
King James Version
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
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Ezekiel 37:11
New International Version
11 Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’(A)
Proverbs 13:12
King James Version
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
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Proverbs 13:12
New International Version
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.(A)
Ruth 1:11-13
King James Version
11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
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Ruth 1:11-13
New International Version
11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?(A) 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13 would you wait until they grew up?(B) Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter(C) for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!(D)”
Romans 4:19
King James Version
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
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Romans 4:19
New International Version
19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(A)—since he was about a hundred years old(B)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(C)
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