Luke 1:37 (GNV)

Passage

For with God shall nothing be vnpossible.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:35 And the Angel answered, and said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the most High shall ouershadowe thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne of God.

Luke 1:36 And behold, thy cousin Elisabet, she hath also conceiued a sonne in her olde age: and this is her sixt moneth, which was called barren.

Luke 1:37 For with God shall nothing be vnpossible.

Luke 1:38 Then Marie said, Behold the seruant of the Lord: be it vnto me according to thy woorde. So the Angel departed from her.

Luke 1:39 And Marie arose in those daies, and went into ye hil countrey with hast to a citie of Iuda,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "nothing", and "vnpossible". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "nothing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "And behold thy cousin Elisabet she hath..." into verse 38's "Then Marie said Behold the seruant of...", so "shall" and "nothing" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "nothing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.