Romans 4:10-12

Expanded Bible

¹⁰ So how did this happen? Did God accept Abraham before or after he was circumcised? It was not after, but before his circumcision. ¹¹ Abraham ·was circumcised [^Lreceived the sign of circumcision; Gen. 17:9–14] ·to show that he was right with God [^Las a seal/guarantee of the righteousness he had] through faith before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the father of all those who believe but are not circumcised, so that ·they too may be accepted as being right with God [righteousness may be credited/counted to them also]. ¹² And Abraham is also the father of those who have been circumcised and who ·live following [^Lwalk in the footsteps of] the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.