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.
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Gill's Exposition
And being not weak in faith,.... Abraham was not weak in the exercise of his faith, on the promise of God; nor was his faith weakened about the accomplishment of it, neither by the length of time…
Barnes' Notes
Who against hope - Who against all apparent or usual ground of hope. He refers here to the prospect of a posterity; see Rom 4:19-21. Believed in hope - Believed in what was promised to excite his…
Adam Clarke
Who against hope believed in hope - The faith of Abraham bore an exact correspondence to the power and never-failing faithfulness of God; for though, in the ordinary course of things, he had not the…
Having observed when Abraham was justified by faith, and why, for the honour of Abraham and for example to us who call him father, the apostle here describes and commends the faith of Abraham, where…
Cambridge Bible
against hope … in hope Lit. beyond hope … upon hope. Here perhaps the first is subjective hope, the second objective. Abraham was asked to believe in a way which went beyondall mere impressions of…
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