King James Version
Romans 4:20 in the King James Version says “He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;” — study this verse from Romans chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;”
Romans 4:20 · KJV
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“at”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“the promise”
G1860an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
“of God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“He staggered”
G1252to separate thoroughly, i.e., (literally and reflexively) to withdraw from, or (by implication) oppose; figuratively, to discriminate (by implication,
“through unbelief”
G570faithlessness, i.e., (negatively) disbelief (lack of christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience)
“in faith”
G4102persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of god or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon christ
“giving”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“glory”
G1391glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
“of God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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