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(as it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations") in the presence of Him whom he believed--God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
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who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, "So shall your descendants be."
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And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
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He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
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and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
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And therefore "it was accounted to him for righteousness."
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Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,
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but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,
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who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.