Romans 4:10
How was it then credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
How then was it credited? Was it while he was circumcised or uncircumcised? It was not while he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
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King James Version with Strong's Numbers
How{G4459} was it{G3049} then{G3767} reckoned{G3049}{(G5681)}? when he was{G5607}{(G5752)} in{G1722} circumcision{G4061}, or{G2228} in{G1722} uncircumcision{G203}? Not{G3756} in{G1722} circumcision{G4061}, but{G235} in{G1722} uncircumcision{G203}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
How was it rekened? in the tyme of circumcision? or in the tyme before he was circumcised? Not in tyme of circucision: but when he was yet vncircumcised.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
How was it the rekened vnto him? In the circucision, or in the vncircumcision? Doutles not in the circucision, but in the vncircumcision.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Howe was it then imputed? when he was circumcised, or vncircumcised? not when he was cricumcised, but when he was vncircumcised.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Howe was it then reckened? When he was in the circumcision? or whe he was in the vncircumcision? Not in the circumcision: but in vncircumcision.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Webster's Bible (1833)
How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
how then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;
American Standard Version (1901)
How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:
American Standard Version (1901)
How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:
Bible in Basic English (1941)
How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it:
World English Bible (2000)
How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!
Referenced Verses
- Gen 15:5-6 : 5 And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
- Gen 15:16 : 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.
- Gen 16:1-3 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I will obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
- Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect.
- Gen 17:10 : 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.
- Gen 17:23-27 : 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin that very same day, as God had said to him. 24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 On that very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
- 1 Cor 7:18-19 : 18 Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.
- Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
- Gal 6:15 : 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
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8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not credit sin.
9 Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.
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11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;
12 And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.
13 For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
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25 For circumcision truly profits if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26 Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
27 And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?
28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:
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1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has reason to boast; but not before God.
3 For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.
4 Now to him who works, the reward is not given of grace, but as a debt.
5 But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
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22 And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.
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24 But also for us, to whom it shall be credited, if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead;
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6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'
9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
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30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
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16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
17 As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.
19 And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.
20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.
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6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
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18 Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.
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24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.
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10 For he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
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10 And not only this; but Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac;
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11 Therefore, remember that you being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
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14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.
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8 And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
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8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
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6 But he whose genealogy is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.
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10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised.
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18 of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'