Romans 4:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² and likewise the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but also follow the example of the faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² and the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² As well as [that he be made] the father of those circumcised persons who are not merely circumcised, but also walk in the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.

Common English Bible

¹² He could also be the ancestor of those circumcised people, who aren’t only circumcised but who also walk in the path of faith, like our ancestor Abraham did while he wasn’t circumcised.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² and he might be the father of circumcision, not only for those who are of circumcision, but even for those who follow the footsteps of that faith which is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And might be the father of circumcision; not to them only, that are of the circumcision, but to them also that follow the steps of the faithful, that is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

Romans 4:12 Cross References

Job 33:11

he puts my feet in the stocks, and watches all my paths.’

Psalm 47:9

The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted!

Proverbs 2:20

So you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.

Song of Solomon 1:8

If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds' tents.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’

Matthew 3:9

and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Romans 4:11

He received circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,

Romans 4:13

The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

2 Corinthians 12:18

I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?

1 Peter 2:21

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.