Romans 4:18

4:18 Against hope Abraham31 believed32 in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations33 according to the pronouncement,34 “so will your descendants be.”35

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31	tn Grk “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
32	tn Grk “who against hope believed,” referring to Abraham. The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
33	sn A quotation from Gen 17:5.
34	tn Grk “according to that which had been spoken.”
35	sn A quotation from Gen 15:5.