20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Gen 17:5 · paraphrase
  "Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee."
  Genesis: I have made you a father of many nations — Paul on Abraham's faith

• Covenant
• Faith
• Messianic Promise
• Resurrection

14 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 1:28 — And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
• 1Cor 1:28 — And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
• 1Cor 15:45 — And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
• 1Kgs 17:9 — Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
• 1Pet 2:10 — Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
• 1Thess 5:13 — And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
• 1Tim 6:13 — I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
• 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
• 2Cor 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
• 2Pet 3:8 — But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
• Acts 2:23 — Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
• Acts 15:18 — Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
• Eph 2:1 — And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
• Ezek 37:3 — And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
• Gen 17:4 — As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
• Gen 17:5 — Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
• Gen 17:16 — And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
• Gen 17:20 — And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
• Gen 21:1 — And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
• Gen 25:1 — Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
• Gen 28:3 — And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
• Heb 6:15 — And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
• Heb 11:3 — Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
• Heb 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness whi
• Heb 11:12 — Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
• Heb 11:12 — Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
• Heb 11:19 — Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
• Isa 43:6 — I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
• Isa 44:7 — And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
• Isa 48:13 — Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
• Isa 49:12 — Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
• Isa 55:12 — For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
• John 5:21 — For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
• John 5:21 — For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
• John 5:25 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
• John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
• John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
• John 11:40 — Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
• Luke 7:14 — And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
• Luke 8:50 — But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.