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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And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. …
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. …
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-17)St. Paul observes in this paragraph when and why Abraham was thus justified; for he has several things to remark upon that. It was before he was circumcised, and before the giving of the law; and there was a reason for both. I. It was before he was circumcised, Rom. 4:10. His faith was counted to him for righteousness while he was in uncircumcision. It was imputed, Gen. 15:6; and he was not circum…
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