Blessed is the person against whom the Lord will never count sin.”[a]

Therefore, is this blessing for those who are circumcised[b], or also for those who are uncircumcised[c]? For we say, “Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.”[d] 10 How then was it credited? While he[e] was circumcised[f] or uncircumcised[g]? Not while circumcised[h] but while uncircumcised[i]!

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:8 A quotation from Ps 32:1–2
  2. Romans 4:9 Literally “the circumcision”
  3. Romans 4:9 Literally “the uncircumcision”
  4. Romans 4:9 A quotation from Gen 15:6
  5. Romans 4:10 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as temporal
  6. Romans 4:10 Literally “in circumcision”
  7. Romans 4:10 Literally “in uncircumcision”
  8. Romans 4:10 Literally “in circumcision”
  9. Romans 4:10 Literally “in uncircumcision”