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Romans 4:11

FaithJustificationCovenant and promises

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.

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

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.

13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
WEB
He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
ASV
and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;
DARBY
And he received [the] sign of circumcision [as] seal of the righteousness of faith which [he had] being in uncircumcision, that he might be [the] father of all them that believe being in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also;
BLB
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith that [he had while] in the uncircumcision, for him to be father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness to be reckoned also to them,
ÅB
Og han fikk omskjærelsens tegn som et segl på rettferdigheten ved troen som han hadde da han var uomskåret. Slik er han far til alle de uomskårne som tror, så rettferdigheten også kunne tilregnes dem.
OTB
Og han mottok tegnet på omskjærelsen, et segl på den rettferdighet han hadde ved troen mens han fortsatt var uomskåret, for at han skulle være far til alle som tror uten å være omskåret, så rettferdigheten kunne bli tilregnet dem.
B1930
og han fikk omskjærelsens tegn som et segl på rettferdigheten ved den tro som han hadde da han var uomskåret, forat han skulde være far til alle de uomskårne som tror, så rettferdigheten kunde tilregnes også dem,

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