Romans 4:9-12

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  4:10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised! 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, ⁶  so that he would become ⁷  the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, ⁸  that they too could have righteousness credited to them. 4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, ⁹  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. ¹⁰ 

[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]  ⁶ tn Grk “of the faith, the one [existing] in uncircumcision.”

[4:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “that he might be,” giving the purpose of v. 11a.

[4:11]  ⁸ tn Grk “through uncircumcision.”

[4:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “the father of circumcision.”

[4:12]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the ‘in-uncircumcision faith’ of our father Abraham.”