Romans 4:9-12
New American Standard Bible
9 Is this blessing then on [a](A)the circumcised, or on [b]the uncircumcised also? For (B)we say, “(C)Faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” 10 How then was it credited? While he was [c]circumcised, or [d]uncircumcised? Not while [e]circumcised, but while [f]uncircumcised; 11 and he (D)received the sign of circumcision, (E)a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [g]he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be (F)the father of (G)all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them, 12 and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which [h]he had while uncircumcised.
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- Romans 4:9 Lit circumcision
- Romans 4:9 Lit uncircumcision
- Romans 4:10 Lit in circumcision
- Romans 4:10 Lit in uncircumcision
- Romans 4:10 Lit in circumcision
- Romans 4:10 Lit in uncircumcision
- Romans 4:11 Lit was in uncircumcision
- Romans 4:12 Lit was in uncircumcision
Romans 4:9-12
Lexham English Bible
9 Therefore, is this blessing for those who are circumcised[a], or also for those who are uncircumcised[b]? For we say, “Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.”[c] 10 How then was it credited? While he[d] was circumcised[e] or uncircumcised[f]? Not while circumcised[g] but while uncircumcised[h]! 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal[i] of the righteousness by faith which he had while uncircumcised[j], so that he could be the father of all who believe although they are uncircumcised[k], so that righteousness could be credited to them,[l] 12 and the father of those who are circumcised[m] to those who are not only from the circumcision, but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised[n].
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- Romans 4:9 Literally “the circumcision”
- Romans 4:9 Literally “the uncircumcision”
- Romans 4:9 A quotation from Gen 15:6
- Romans 4:10 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as temporal
- Romans 4:10 Literally “in circumcision”
- Romans 4:10 Literally “in uncircumcision”
- Romans 4:10 Literally “in circumcision”
- Romans 4:10 Literally “in uncircumcision”
- Romans 4:11 Or “confirmation”
- Romans 4:11 Literally “in uncircumcision”
- Romans 4:11 Literally “through uncircumcision”
- Romans 4:11 Some manuscripts have “could be credited to them also”
- Romans 4:12 Literally “of the circumcision”
- Romans 4:12 Literally “of the in uncircumcision faith of our father Abraham”
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