Romans 3:3-4
3:3 What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?
3:4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being
shown up as a liar,
just as it is written: “
so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”
Romans 4:18-21
4:18 Against hope Abraham
believed
in hope with the result that he became
the father of many nations according to the pronouncement,
“
so will your descendants be.”
4:19 Without being weak in faith, he considered
his own body as dead
(because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
4:20 He
did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.
4:21 He was
fully convinced that what God
promised he was also able to do.
Romans 4:2
4:2 For if Abraham was declared righteous
by the works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God.
Colossians 1:18
1:18 He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.
Titus 1:1-2
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,
1:2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.
Hebrews 6:17
6:17 In the same way
God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable,
and so he intervened with an oath,
Hebrews 6:1
6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,
Hebrews 5:9-10
5:9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
5:10 and he was designated
by God as high priest
in the order of Melchizedek.