Romans 4:2 shows Abraham was justified by faith, not works — the context for the promise quoted in 4:17.

Romans 9:26 shows Gentiles being called 'children of the living God' — fulfilling the promise that Abraham would be father of many nations, directly tied to Romans 4:17.

Romans 8:11 says God gives life to mortal bodies through the Spirit — echoing the 'gives life to the dead' theme.

Romans 3:29 argues God is God of Gentiles too — supporting 'father of many nations' including non-Jews.

1 Peter 2:10 describes Gentiles becoming God's people from 'not a people' – fulfilling the promise that Abraham would be father of many nations.

Genesis 17:4 is the covenant promise Paul quotes in Rom 4:17, where God makes Abraham father of many nations.

Hebrews 11:12 echoes the same promise — Abraham's descendants as numerous as stars and sand.

Ephesians 2:1-5 applies the same logic spiritually: God makes alive those dead in sins, showing the principle extends beyond physical death to salvation.

1 Corinthians 15:45 describes Christ as a life-giving spirit, connecting God's resurrection power to the last Adam — a parallel to the Father's life-giving work.

In 1 Corinthians 1:28, Paul uses the same phrase 'things that are not' to describe God choosing the lowly – echoing God's power to create from nothing.

John 5:25 echoes the same power: the dead hear the Son's voice and live — directly reinforcing God's ability to give life to the dead.

Genesis 17:5 records God changing Abram's name to Abraham, saying 'I have made you a father of many nations'—the exact source of Paul's quotation.

John 11:25 declares Jesus as the resurrection and life, identifying Him as the source of life-giving power.

Luke 8:54 recounts Jesus commanding Jairus's daughter to rise, a direct act of giving life to the dead.

Luke 7:14 records Jesus raising the widow's son, a concrete example of giving life to the dead.

Mark 5:41 shows Jesus raising Jairus's daughter, directly demonstrating the power to give life to the dead.

Ezekiel 37:3 pictures God asking if dry bones can live – a vivid example of God giving life to the dead as in Romans 4:17.

Heb 11:3 says God created the visible from the invisible — directly parallels 'calls into being things that were not' in Romans 4:17.

Genesis 21:1 records God fulfilling the promise to Sarah – illustrating the God who gives life to the dead as described in Romans 4:17.

Heb 11:19 says Abraham believed God could raise the dead — directly applies the same resurrection faith from Romans 4:17.

In John 5:21, Jesus gives life to whom He wills — parallel to God giving life to the dead in Romans.

2 Corinthians 1:9 echoes 'God who raises the dead' — Paul applies the same resurrection power Abraham trusted in to his own suffering.

John 11:40 links belief to seeing God's glory in raising Lazarus, illustrating faith in the life-giving God.

In Matthew 3:9, John says God can raise children of Abraham from stones — similar to calling non-existent into existence.

Colossians 2:13 uses 'made alive' from the same root — God's life-giving power applied to spiritual resurrection from sin.

1 Timothy 6:13 affirms God as the one who gives life to all — a general statement supporting the specific claim in Romans 4:17 about raising the dead.