Romans 4:17 (WEB)
As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
Catechism · 2
The Creator
“God "gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist."” — Catechism footnote: Rom 4:17.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 18:1-15; Lk 1:26-38. 54-55; Jn 1:12-13; Rom 4:16-21.
Fathers and councils · 14
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Let us see, then, how Abraham is the father of many nations.” — editor's note: Rom. iv. 17, 18.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For just as He calls the things that are not as though they were, so has He made things future as though they were.” — editor's note: Rom. iv. 17.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Nor doth the Apostle say, “He calleth those things which be not, that they may be;” but, “as though they were.”” — editor's note: Rom. iv. 17.
Read the whole comment“Thou wast not, and He created thee and gave thee being; and doth not He care for thee now that thou art, who “calleth those things which be not as though they were”?” — editor's note: Rom. iv. 17.
Read the whole comment“But the number of the citizens, whether as it now is or as it shall be, is present to the thoughts of the great Creator, who calls those things which are not as though they were, and ordereth all things in measure, and number, and weight.” — editor's note: Rom. iv. 17
Read the whole comment“…in as far as He is His Word, of His own self “made even those things which are yet to come,” and “calleth those things which are not as though they were,” certainly, in respect of His manhood as Mediator between God and men, was Himself glorified on our behalf by God the Father before the foundation of the world,…” — editor's note: Rom. iv. 17.
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John Chrysostom
“By the same faith (he means) by which he believed that God gave what was not, and raised up the dead, by the same was he persuaded that He would also raise him up after he had been slain in sacrifice.” — editor's note: οὐκ ὄντα ἐχαρίσατο, i.e. Isaac. See Rom. iv. 17 , “Before God, in whom he believed, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though…
Read the whole comment“Why did not the Evangelist say, that He was made from things that were not, as Paul declares of all things, when he says, “Who calleth those things which be not as though they were”; but says, “Was in the beginning”? ( Rom. iv. 17.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…that thou mayest learn, that things that are not are to Him as though they were, (as Paul saith, “who calleth the things that be not as though they were”— Rom. iv. 17 ,) He commanded them as though the table were prepared and ready, straightway to sit down, rousing by this the minds of His disciples.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
“(Rom. 4:17.)” — the author cites it
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“And the Apostle seems to call wicked things, things which are not, God calleth those things which be not, (Rom. 4:17) as though they were.” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And these two matters do not divide the Substance, as I understand it, but rather are divisions within the Substance.” — editor's note: Job xxxviii. 4, Ps. v. 10, xxxvi., cxxxix. 7–15, cxlii., Isa. xi. 1–3, xlviii. 16, Mal. iii. 6, Wisd. i. 2, John i. 14, iii. 24, xv. 26, xvi. 14, 15, Acts…
Read the whole comment“For ever since it began to be gathered together, by Him Who quickeneth the dead, bone to its bone, joint to joint, and the Spirit of life and regeneration was given to it in their dryness, its entire resurrection has been, I know well, sure…” — editor's note: Rom. iv. 17.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Titus of BostraCatena Aurea on Luke
“…for Tabitha, (Acts 9:40) but is none other than He who calls those things which be not, as though they were, who can speak to the dead as to the living, (Rom. 4:17) as it follows, And he said, Young man” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 18
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in Catechism §298.
Cited together in Catechism §298.
Cited together in Catechism §298.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 29.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 19.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 19.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 19.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 19.
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 7:11–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 7:11–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 7:11–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 7:11–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 7:11–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 29.
Cited together in Origen on John 1:3 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on John 6:1–14 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Titus of Bostra on Luke 7:11–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).