TSK · Romans 4:18

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's [house] saying, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Teacher any further?

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.

And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;

For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?