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and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
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The Meaning of Full Assurance
Commentators explain that Abraham's faith wasn't a weak hope but a "full assurance." The Greek term implies being completely settled and convinced. His faith rested entirely on the fact that God is all-powerful and able to perform what He promises, regardless of circumstances.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And being fully persuaded. Thoroughly or entirely convinced (Luke 1:1; Romans 14:5; 2 Timothy 4:5, 17)…
Being fully assured (πληροφορηθεις). First aorist passive participle of πληροφορεω, from πληροφορος and this from πληρης and φερω,…
19th Century
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…
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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
That what He had promised, etc. As all people acknowledge God’s power, Paul seems to say nothing very extraordinary about the fai…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And being fully persuaded He had not only faith, a strong faith, but full assurance of faith:
tha…
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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 …
