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And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faithwhich he had yet beinguncircumcised:thathe might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised;thatrighteousness might be imputed unto themalso:
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And the father of circumcision to them who are notof the circumcisiononly,but who alsowalk in the steps of that faith of ourfatherAbraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
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Thereforeit is offaith,that it might be bygrace; to the end the promise might besure to all the seed;not to that only which is of the law,but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham;whois the father of usall,
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(As it is written*, I have madethee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead,andcalleth those things which benot as though they were.