Rom 4:17, 14:9, Heb 11:13-16 | ESV | STEP | as it is written , I have made you the father of many nations —in the presence of the God in whom he believed , who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist .

Romans 4:17

17 as it is written, ^a“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, ^bwho gives life to the dead and calls into existence ^cthe things that do not exist.

Romans 14:9

9 For to this end Christ ^ddied and lived again, that he might be Lord both ^eof the dead and of the living.

Hebrews 11:13-16

13 These all died in faith, ^fnot having received the things promised, but ^ghaving seen them and greeted them from afar, and ^hhaving acknowledged that they were ⁱstrangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, ^jthey would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed ^kto be called their God, for ^lhe has prepared for them a city.