17. (according as it is written, I have made thee father of many nations,) before the God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things which be not as being;
18. who against hope believed in hope to his becoming father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be:
19. and not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body already become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb,
20. and hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief; but found strength in faith, giving glory to God;
21. and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;
22. wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
23. Now it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,
24. but on ours also, to whom, believing on him who has raised from among the dead Jesus our Lord,
25. who has been delivered for our offences and has been raised for our justification, it will be reckoned.