Romans 4:17

“And no longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

“For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.

and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be counted to them,

In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “So shall your seed be.”

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that the purpose of God according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may abolish the things that are,

By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.