Romans 4:9

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 

Romans 4:18

4:18 Against hope Abraham ⁶  believed ⁷  in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations ⁸  according to the pronouncement, ⁹  “so will your descendants be.” ¹⁰ 

Romans 4:22

4:22 So indeed it was credited to Abraham ¹¹  as righteousness.

[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.

[4:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:18]  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.

[4:18]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Gen 17:5.

[4:18]  ⁹ tn Grk “according to that which had been spoken.”

[4:18]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Gen 15:5.

[4:22]  ¹¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.