Romans 4:1

Context

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh,¹ has discovered regarding this matter?²

Romans 4:12

Context
4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised,³ 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.⁴

[4:1] ¹tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).

[4:1] ²tn Grk “has found?”

[4:12] ³tn Grk “the father of circumcision.”

[4:12] ⁴tn Grk “the ‘in-uncircumcision faith’ of our father Abraham.”