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Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not record.”

Does this blessedness[a] apply only to the circumcised, or to the uncircumcised as well? Now we assert that “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”(A) 10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was he circumcised or not? He was not circumcised, but uncircumcised.

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  1. 4:9 Blessedness: evidence of divine favor.

Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”[a](A)

Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised?(B) We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.(C) 10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before!

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  1. Romans 4:8 Psalm 32:1,2