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But how did this happen? Was he counted as righteous only after he was circumcised, or was it before he was circumcised? Clearly, God accepted Abraham before he was circumcised!
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How then was it credited-while he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while he was circumcised, but uncircumcised.
Romans 4:10 In-Context
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Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”
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Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
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Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before!
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And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
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And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.