And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Romans 4:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after but before he was circumcised. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How then was it credited [to him]? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. American Standard Version (1901) How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision: Common English Bible So how was it credited? When he was circumcised, or when he wasn’t circumcised? In fact, it was credited while he still wasn’t circumcised, not after he was circumcised. Catholic Public Domain Version But then how was it reputed? In circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How then was it reputed? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. |
And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.
This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,
Is this blessing, then, pronounced only on the circumcised or also on the uncircumcised? We say, “Faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.”
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation is everything!