Romans 4:17

17asκαθὼςit has been writtenγέγραπταιὅτιA fatherΠατέραof manyπολλῶνnationsἐθνῶνI have madeτέθεικάyouσε,beforeκατέναντιwhomοὗhe believedἐπίστευσενGodθεοῦthe [One]τοῦgiving lifeζῳοποιοῦντοςto theτοὺςdeadνεκροὺςandκαὶcallingκαλοῦντοςthe thingsτὰnotμὴ[into] beingὄνταevenὡςexistingὄντα·

(as it has been written: “A father of many nations I have set you”) before [Him] whom he believed—God, the One making alive the dead and calling existing the [things] not as existing—

Vocab difficulty

58.8

Rare words

  • κατέναντι

    κατέναντι

    opposite, in front of