Howthenwas it credited?While he was circumcised,oruncircumcised?Not while circumcised,but while uncircumcised;
"Then in the fourthgenerationthey will returnhere,for the iniquityof the Amoriteis not yetcomplete."
Now when Abramwas ninety-nineyearsold,the LORDappearedto Abramand saidto him, "I am GodAlmighty;WalkbeforeMe, and be blameless.
"Thisis My covenant,whichyou shall keep,betweenMe and you and your descendantsafteryou: everymaleamong you shall be circumcised.
and he receivedthe signof circumcision,a sealof the righteousnessof the faithwhich he had while uncircumcised,sothat he might be the fatherof allwho believewithout being circumcised,that righteousnessmight be creditedto them,
Is thisblessingthenon the circumcised,oron the uncircumcisedalso?For we say,"FAITHWAS CREDITEDTO ABRAHAMAS RIGHTEOUSNESS."
For in ChristJesusneithercircumcisionnoruncircumcisionmeansanything,but faithworkingthroughlove.
For neitheris circumcisionanything,noruncircumcision,but a newcreation.