Romans:4:19-20

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rwp @Romans:4:19 @{Without being weakened in faith } (\m ˆ asthen ˆsas t ˆi pistei \). "Not becoming weak in faith ." Ingressive first aorist active participle with negative \m ˆ\. {Now as good as dead } (\ˆd ˆ nenekr “menon \). Perfect passive participle of \nekro “\, "now already dead ." B omits \ˆd ˆ\. He was , he knew , too old to become father of a child . {About } (\pou \). The addition of \pou \ (somewhere , about ) "qualifies the exactness of the preceding numeral " (Vaughan ). The first promise of a son to Abraham and Sarah came (Genesis:15:3f .|) before the birth of Ishmael (86 when Ishmael was born ). The second promise came when Abraham was 99 years old (Genesis:17:1 |), calling himself 100 (Genesis:17:17 |). rwp @Romans:4:20 @{He wavered not through unbelief } (\ou diekrith ˆ t ˆi apisti ƒi \). First aorist passive indicative of old and common verb \diakrin “\, to separate , to distinguish between , to decide between , to desert , to dispute , to be divided in one 's own mind . This last sense occurs here as in strkjv @Matthew:21:22 ; strkjv @Mark:11:23 ; strkjv @Romans:14:23 ; strkjv @James:1:6 |. "He was not divided in his mind by unbelief " (instrumental case ). {Waxed strong through faith } (\enedunam “th ˆ t ˆi pistei \). First aorist passive again of \endunamo “\, late word to empower , to put power in , in LXX and Paul and strkjv @Acts:9:22 |.

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