Romans 4:17
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17 That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.”[a] This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.
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1 Corinthians 1:28
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28 God chose things despised by the world,[a] things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.
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- 1:28 Or God chose those who are low born.
John 5:21
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21 For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants.
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Genesis 17:4-5
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4 “This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of nations! 5 What’s more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram. Instead, you will be called Abraham,[a] for you will be the father of many nations.
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- 17:5 Abram means “exalted father”; Abraham sounds like a Hebrew term that means “father of many.”
Romans 8:29-30
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29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn[a] among many brothers and sisters. 30 And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.
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- 8:29 Or would be supreme.
John 6:63
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63 The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
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Romans 8:11
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11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
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Ephesians 2:1-5
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Made Alive with Christ
2 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. 2 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world.[a] He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. 3 All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.
4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)
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- 2:2 Greek obeying the commander of the power of the air.
1 Peter 2:10
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10 “Once you had no identity as a people;
now you are God’s people.
Once you received no mercy;
now you have received God’s mercy.”[a]
John 5:25
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25 “And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.
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1 Timothy 6:13
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13 And I charge you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate,
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Isaiah 55:12
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12 You will live in joy and peace.
The mountains and hills will burst into song,
and the trees of the field will clap their hands!
Hebrews 11:12
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12 And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead—a nation with so many people that, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.
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2 Peter 3:8
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8 But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.
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Hebrews 11:7
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7 It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.
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Romans 3:29
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29 After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is.
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Isaiah 49:12
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12 See, my people will return from far away,
from lands to the north and west,
and from as far south as Egypt.[a]”
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- 49:12 As in Dead Sea Scrolls, which read from the region of Aswan, which is in southern Egypt. Masoretic Text reads from the region of Sinim.
Genesis 17:16
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16 And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants.”
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1 Corinthians 15:45
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45 The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.”[a] But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit.
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Romans 9:26
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26 And,
“Then, at the place where they were told,
‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called
‘children of the living God.’”[a]
Romans 4:2
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2 If his good deeds had made him acceptable to God, he would have had something to boast about. But that was not God’s way.
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Isaiah 48:13
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13 It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth,
my right hand that spread out the heavens above.
When I call out the stars,
they all appear in order.”
Isaiah 44:7
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7 Who is like me?
Let him step forward and prove to you his power.
Let him do as I have done since ancient times
when I established a people and explained its future.
Isaiah 43:6
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6 I will say to the north and south,
‘Bring my sons and daughters back to Israel
from the distant corners of the earth.
Genesis 28:3
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3 May God Almighty[a] bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations!
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- 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai.
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