Both were righteous in God’s sight, living blamelessly according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.
Romans 8:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised in order that the law’s requirement would be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit]. American Standard Version (1901) that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Common English Bible He did this so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us. Now the way we live is based on the Spirit, not based on selfishness. Catholic Public Domain Version so that the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us. For we are not walking according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. |
Both were righteous in God’s sight, living blamelessly according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.
So if an uncircumcised man keeps the law’s requirements, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are living according to the flesh.
For although we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh,
I say, then, walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh.
But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through his death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before him #– #
to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,
Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he appears, we will be like him because we will see him as he is.
Now to him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, without blemish and with great joy,