4:9 Is this blessedness 1 then for 2 the circumcision 3 or also for 4 the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” 5
1 tn Or “happiness.”
2 tn Grk “upon.”
3 sn See the note on “circumcision” in 2:25.
4 tn Grk “upon.”
5 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
6 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Grk “who against hope believed,” referring to Abraham. The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
8 sn A quotation from Gen 17:5.
9 tn Grk “according to that which had been spoken.”
10 sn A quotation from Gen 15:5.
11 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.