Romans 4 · Verse 21

Romans 4:21

And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Romans 4:21, King James Version

Romans 4:21 in other translations

BSBbeing fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
WEBand being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
ASVand being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
YLTand having been fully persuaded that what He hath promised He is able also to do:
DARBYand being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;
BBEAnd being certain that God was able to keep his word.
WebsterAnd being fully persuaded, that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

What does Romans 4:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 4:18-22

18-22. Who against hope--when no ground for hope appeared. believed in hope--that is, cherished the believing expectation. that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be--that is, Such "as the stars of heaven," Ge 15:5.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 21. And being fully persuaded. Thoroughly or entirely convinced, Lk 1:1, Rom 14:5, 2Ti 4:5,17.

He was able. Comp. Gen 18:14. This was not the only time in which Abraham evinced this confidence. His faith was equally implicit and strong when he was commanded to sacrifice his promised son, Heb 11:19.

(y) "also able to perform" Gen 18:14, Lk 1:37,45, Heb 11:19

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 And being fully persuaded - πληροφορηθεις, his measure: his soul was full of confidence, that the truth of God bound him to fulfill his promise and his power enabled him to do it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Romans 4:13-22

The promise was made to Abraham long before the law. It points at Christ, and it refers to the promise, Ge 12:3. In Thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. The law worketh wrath, by showing that every transgressor is exposed to the Divine displeasure. As God intended to give men a title to the promised blessings, so he appointed it to be by faith, that it might be wholly of grace, to make it sure to all who…

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Romans 4:21 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532
πληροφορηθεὶςplērophorētheishaving been fully assuredG4135
ὅτιhotithatG3754
ὃhowhatG3739
ἐπήγγελταιepēngeltaiHe has promisedG1861
δυνατόςdunatosableG1415
ἐστινestinHe isG1510
καὶkaialsoG2532
ποιῆσαι·poiēsaito do;G4160

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Romans 4:21

  • Luke 1:37

    For with God nothing shall be impossible.

  • Jeremiah 32:27

    Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

  • Jeremiah 32:17

    Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

  • Hebrews 11:19

    Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

  • Luke 1:45

    And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

  • Genesis 18:14

    Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • 2 Timothy 1:12

    For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

  • Matthew 19:26

    But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

  • Romans 8:38

    For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

  • Romans 14:4

    Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

  • Psalms 115:3

    But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

  • 2 Corinthians 9:8

    And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
fully.
8:38; 2Ti 1:12; Heb 11:13
he was able.
14:4; Ge 18:14; Ps 115:3; Jer 32:17,27; Mt 19:26; Lu 1:37,45
2Co 9:8; Heb 11:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Romans 4:20

    He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

  • Romans 4:21

    And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

  • Romans 4:22

    And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

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Romans 4:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Plenamente convencido de que todo lo que había prometido, era también poderoso para hacerlo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et étant pleinement persuadé que ce qu’il a promis, il est puissant aussi pour l’accomplir.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und war der vollen Gewißheit, daß er, was er verheißen habe, auch zu tun vermöge.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		plenissime sciens, quia quæcumque promisit, potens est et facere.