THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS - Chapter 4 - Verse 18

Verse 18. Who against hope. Who against all apparent or usual ground of hope. He refers here to the prospect of a posterity. See Ro 4:19-21.

Believed in hope. Believed in that which was promised to excite his hope. Hope here is put for the object of his hope—that which was promised.

According to that which was spoken. Ge 15:5.

So shall they seed be.. That is, as the stars in heaven for multitude. Thy posterity shall be very numerous.

{w} "So shall thy seed be" Ge 15:5