¹⁰ How, then, was it counted - when he was circumcised or uncircumcised? Not when he was circumcised, but when he was uncircumcised.

¹¹ Afterward, he received the sign of circumcision, as the seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had when he was uncircumcised. So that he should be the Father of all those who believe (not being circumcised), that righteousness might be counted to them also;

¹² and that he be the Father of circumcision, not only to those who are of the circumcision, but also to those who walk in the steps of the faith our Father Abraham had when he was uncircumcised.