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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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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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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 Sara's womb:
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He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
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And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
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And therefore it was imputed 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 for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
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Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
