HE STAGGERED NOT

ROMANS 4:16-25

THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH, 
THAT IT MIGHT BE BY GRACE; 
TO THE END THE PROMISE 
MIGHT BE SURE TO ALL THE SEED;
NOT TO THAT ONLY WHICH IS OF THE LAW, 
BUT TO THAT ALSO WHICH IS OF 
THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM; 
WHO IS THE FATHER OF US ALL,
 (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
 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. 
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: 
HE STAGGERED NOT 
AT THE PROMISE OF GOD 
THROUGH UNBELIEF; 
BUT WAS STRONG IN FAITH, 
GIVING GLORY TO GOD; 
AND 
BEING  FULLY PERSUADED  
THAT, WHAT HE HAD PROMISED, 
HE WAS  ABLE ALSO TO PERFORM. 
NOW IT WAS NOT WRITTEN 
FOR HIS SAKE ALONE, 
THAT IT WAS IMPUTED TO HIM; 
BUT FOR US ALSO, 
TO WHOM IT SHALL BE IMPUTED, 
IF WE BELIEVE ON HIM THAT 
RAISED UP JESUS OUR LORD 
FROM THE DEAD; 
WHO WAS DELIVERED FOR OUR OFFENSES, 
AND WAS RAISED 
AGAIN FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION.

LOVE



IMPUTED- TO ATTRIBUTE RIGHTEOUSNESS TO A PERSON VICARIOUSLY, ASCRIBE AS DERIVED FROM ANOTHER.

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