Romans 4:10

4:10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

Romans 2:25

2:25 For circumcision ¹  has its value if you practice the law, but ²  if you break the law, ³  your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Romans 4:12

4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, ⁴  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. ⁵ 

Romans 3:1

3:1 Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

Romans 2:26-28

2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys ⁶  the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 2:27 And will not the physically uncircumcised man ⁷  who keeps the law judge you who, despite ⁸  the written code ⁹  and circumcision, transgress the law? 2:28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

Romans 3:30

3:30 Since God is one, ¹⁰  he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

Romans 15:8

15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised ¹¹  on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, ¹² 

Romans 2:29

2:29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart ¹³  by the Spirit ¹⁴  and not by the written code. ¹⁵  This person’s ¹⁶  praise is not from people but from God.

Romans 4:9

4:9 Is this blessedness ¹⁷  then for ¹⁸  the circumcision ¹⁹  or also for ²⁰  the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” ²¹ 

Romans 4:11

4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, ²²  so that he would become ²³  the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, ²⁴  that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

[2:25]  ¹ sn Circumcision refers to male circumcision as prescribed in the OT, which was given as a covenant to Abraham in Gen 17:10-14. Its importance for Judaism can hardly be overstated: According to J. D. G. Dunn (Romans [WBC], 1:120) it was the “single clearest distinguishing feature of the covenant people.” J. Marcus has suggested that the terms used for circumcision (περιτομή, peritomh) and uncircumcision (ἀκροβυστία, akrobustia) were probably derogatory slogans used by Jews and Gentiles to describe their opponents (“The Circumcision and the Uncircumcision in Rome,” NTS 35 [1989]: 77-80).

[2:25]  ² tn This contrast is clearer and stronger in Greek than can be easily expressed in English.

[2:25]  ³ tn Grk “if you should be a transgressor of the law.”

[4:12]  ¹ tn Grk “the father of circumcision.”

[4:12]  ² tn Grk “the ‘in-uncircumcision faith’ of our father Abraham.”

[2:26]  ¹ tn The Greek word φυλάσσω (fulassw, traditionally translated “keep”) in this context connotes preservation of and devotion to an object as well as obedience.

[2:27]  ¹ tn Grk “the uncircumcision by nature.” The word “man” is supplied here to make clear that male circumcision (or uncircumcision) is in view.

[2:27]  ² tn Grk “through,” but here the preposition seems to mean “(along) with,” “though provided with,” as BDAG 224 s.v. διά A.3.c indicates.

[2:27]  ³ tn Grk “letter.”

[3:30]  ¹ tn Grk “but if indeed God is one.”

[15:8]  ¹ tn Grk “of the circumcision”; that is, the Jews.

[15:8]  ² tn Or “to the patriarchs.”

[2:29]  ¹ sn On circumcision is of the heart see Lev 26:41; Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4; Ezek 44:9.

[2:29]  ² tn Some have taken the phrase ἐν πνεύματι (en pneumati, “by/in [the] S/spirit”) not as a reference to the Holy Spirit, but referring to circumcision as “spiritual and not literal” (RSV).

[2:29]  ³ tn Grk “letter.”

[2:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “whose.” The relative pronoun has been replaced by the phrase “this person’s” and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started in the translation.

[4:9]  ¹ tn Or “happiness.”

[4:9]  ² tn Grk “upon.”

[4:9]  ³ sn See the note on “circumcision” in 2:25.

[4:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “upon.”

[4:9]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.

[4:11]  ¹ tn Grk “of the faith, the one [existing] in uncircumcision.”

[4:11]  ² tn Grk “that he might be,” giving the purpose of v. 11a.

[4:11]  ³ tn Grk “through uncircumcision.”