Romans 4:10

⁸ Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”

⁹ Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.

In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.

¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

¹² And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
KJV: How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
WEB: How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
ASV: How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:
DARBY: How then has it been reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
BLB: How then was it reckoned—being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

ÅB: Når ble den da tilregnet ham? Da han var omskåret, eller da han hadde forhud? Ikke da han var omskåret, men da han hadde forhud.
OTB: Under hvilke omstendigheter ble det tilregnet? Var det mens han var omskåret, eller uomskåret? Det var ikke mens han var omskåret, men mens han var uomskåret.
B1930: hvorledes blev den da tilregnet ham? da han var omskåret, eller da han hadde forhud? Ikke da han var omskåret, men da han hadde forhud,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
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Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
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1 Corinthians 7:18–19
Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
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Genesis 15:16
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
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Genesis 15:5–6
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
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Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
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Genesis 17:23–27
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
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Genesis 16:1–3
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
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