Romans 4:12

4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, ¹  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. ² 

Romans 4:18

4:18 Against hope Abraham ³  believed ⁴  in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations ⁵  according to the pronouncement, ⁶  “so will your descendants be.” ⁷ 

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

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

[4:18]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:18]  ⁴ 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.

[4:18]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Gen 17:5.

[4:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “according to that which had been spoken.”

[4:18]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Gen 15:5.