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Romans 4:9-12
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9 Is this blessedness[a] then for[b] the circumcision[c] or also for[d] the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”[e] 10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised! 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised,[f] so that he would become[g] the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised,[h] that they too could have righteousness credited to them. 12 And he is also the father of the circumcised,[i] who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:9 tn Or “happiness.”
  2. Romans 4:9 tn Grk “upon.”
  3. Romans 4:9 sn See the note on “circumcision” in 2:25.
  4. Romans 4:9 tn Grk “upon.”
  5. Romans 4:9 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
  6. Romans 4:11 tn Grk “of the faith, the one [existing] in uncircumcision.”
  7. Romans 4:11 tn Grk “that he might be,” giving the purpose of v. 11a.
  8. Romans 4:11 tn Grk “through uncircumcision.”
  9. Romans 4:12 tn Grk “the father of circumcision.”
  10. Romans 4:12 tn Grk “the ‘in-uncircumcision faith’ of our father Abraham.”
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Romans 4:9-12
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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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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:9 Literally “the circumcision”
  2. Romans 4:9 Literally “the uncircumcision”
  3. Romans 4:9 A quotation from Gen 15:6
  4. Romans 4:10 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as temporal
  5. Romans 4:10 Literally “in circumcision”
  6. Romans 4:10 Literally “in uncircumcision”
  7. Romans 4:10 Literally “in circumcision”
  8. Romans 4:10 Literally “in uncircumcision”
  9. Romans 4:11 Or “confirmation”
  10. Romans 4:11 Literally “in uncircumcision”
  11. Romans 4:11 Literally “through uncircumcision”
  12. Romans 4:11 Some manuscripts have “could be credited to them also”
  13. Romans 4:12 Literally “of the circumcision”
  14. Romans 4:12 Literally “of the in uncircumcision faith of our father Abraham”
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