Cross references
Romans 4:17
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
- a Genesis 17:5
Romans 4:17 has 28 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 27 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Corinthians 1:28 (51 votes) and Genesis 17:4–5 (43 votes). 37 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 13 to 2 Peter 3.
Which verses does Romans 4:17 point to?
The 20 strongest of 28, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- 1 Corinthians 1:2851 votes
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
- Genesis 17:4–543 votes
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- John 5:2132 votes
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
- Romans 8:29–3031 votes
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
- John 6:6325 votes
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- 1 Peter 2:1023 votes
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
- Romans 8:1118 votes
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
- Ephesians 2:1–518 votes
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. …
- John 5:2515 votes
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- Romans 3:2910 votes
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Hebrews 11:710 votes
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Hebrews 11:1210 votes
And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- Isaiah 44:79 votes
- Isaiah 48:139 votes
- Isaiah 55:129 votes
- Genesis 17:168 votes
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
- 1 Timothy 6:138 votes
- 2 Peter 3:88 votes
- Genesis 28:37 votes
- Isaiah 43:67 votes
Which verses point to Romans 4:17?
The 10 strongest of 37.