Romans 4:10

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Romans 4:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

10 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.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 15:5

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.”

Genesis 15:6

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Genesis 15:16

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Genesis 16:1

Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

Genesis 16:2

So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 16:3

So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.

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.

Genesis 17:10

This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

Genesis 17:23

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.

Genesis 17:24

So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

Genesis 17:25

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

Genesis 17:26

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

Genesis 17:27

And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.

1 Corinthians 7:18

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.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

Galatians 6:15

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.