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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Espérant contre toute espérance, il crut, en sorte qu'il devint père d'un grand nombre de nations, selon ce qui lui avait été dit: Telle sera ta postérité.
KJV
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.
ORIGENES
Commentarii in Romanos
τικης κατασκευης εμποδιζομενον του νοειν οποιοι εισιν οι πανυ μικροκεφαλοι η και τερατωδεις *** 212 [Rom. 4, 18–22] οριζομενος η υπογραφων ο λογος εν τηι προς Ἑβραιους επιστοληι την πιστιν φησιν· «Ἔστιν δε πιστις ελπιζομενων υποστασις, πραγμα‖των ελεγχος ου βλεπομενων»· και εν το…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ed to hope, as stated above ( Q[40], A[4] , ad 1). But there is a hope of nature, as is evident from Rom. 4:18, where it is said of Abraham that "against hope" of nature, "he believed in hope" of grace. Therefore there is also a fear of nature. On the contrary, That which is natu…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 91 (Migne)
cum fere centum esset annorum, et emortuam vulvam Sarae, in promissione etiam Dei non haesitavit (Rom. IV, 18) . Ad hoc enim dicit Abrahae jam corpus fuisse emortuum, quoniam non ex omni femina, cui adhuc esset aliquod pariendi tempus extremum, generare [Note: [Col. 0170D] Al.,…
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