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Without being weakened in faith, he didn`t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah`s womb.
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Faith That Faces Facts
While some translations say Abraham “considered not” his body, many scholars note that a better reading is that he did consider the facts. His faith was so remarkable because he fully acknowledged the human impossibility of his situation—his age and Sarah's—and yet did not waver in his belief in God's promise. True faith doesn't require ignoring reality, but rather trusting God in spite of it.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And being not weak in faith. That is, having strong faith.
He considered not. He did not regard the fact that his body was…
Without being weakened in faith (μη ασθενησας τη πιστε). "Not becoming weak in faith." Ingressive first aorist active participle w…
19th Century
Anglican
Considered not.—The negative should, in accordance with the evidence of the best manuscripts, be omitted. “Who, because he was not…
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Baptist
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…
The final value of Abraham in respect to justification is that his faith becomes the standard for all believers. “Against all hope,” this man belie…
16th Century
Protestant
In faith, etc. If you prefer to omit one of the negatives, you may interpret it this way: “Being weak in faith, he considered not his own …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And being not weak in faith Abraham was not weak in the exercise of his faith, on the promise of God; nor was his fa…
The promise was made to Abraham long before the law. It points to Christ, and it refers to the promise in Genesis 12:3: In Thee shall all famil…
13th Century
Catholic
1. After showing that the promise made to Abraham and his seed was not to be fulfilled through the law, the Apostle now shows that it is to …
