Romans 4:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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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  • Rom 4:3 : 3 For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.
  • Rom 9:23-24 : 23 And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 Even us whom He has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
  • Rom 10:12-13 : 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
  • Rom 15:8-9 : 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name. 10 And again he says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people. 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and laud him, all you people. 12 And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit. 14 And I myself am also persuaded of you, my brethren, that you are also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written to you more boldly in part, to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God, 16 That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in what pertains to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in making the Gentiles obedient by word and deed, 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so from Jerusalem and all around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
  • Gal 3:14 : 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
  • Gal 3:26-28 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Eph 2:11-13 : 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; 12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all, and in all.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
  • Rom 3:29-30 : 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

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  • Rom 4:10-13
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    10How was it then credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

    11And 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;

    12And 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.

    13For 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.

  • Rom 4:1-6
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    1What shall we say then that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has reason to boast; but not before God.

    3For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

    4Now to him who works, the reward is not given of grace, but as a debt.

    5But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

    6Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works,

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8And 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.'

    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

  • Rom 4:22-24
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    22And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

    23Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was credited to him;

    24But also for us, to whom it shall be credited, if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead;

  • Rom 2:25-29
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    25For circumcision truly profits if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.

    26Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

    27And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

    28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

    29But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

  • Rom 4:16-17
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    16Therefore 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,

    17As 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.

  • Rom 3:27-30
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    27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

    28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

    29Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

    30since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Jas 2:21-24
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    21Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

    22Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?

    23And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God.

    24You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

  • Rom 4:8
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    8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not credit sin.

  • Gal 3:14
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    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  • Gen 17:24
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    24And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

  • Ps 106:31
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    31And that was accounted unto him for righteousness unto all generations forevermore.

  • Rom 3:22
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    22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference:

  • Heb 7:6
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    6But he whose genealogy is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

  • Heb 11:18
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    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Gal 5:6
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    6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

  • Rom 3:1
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    1What advantage then has the Jew? Or what profit is there in circumcision?

  • Rom 9:14
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    14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

  • Gen 18:18
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    18Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

  • Rom 9:10
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    10And not only this; but Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac;

  • Rom 4:19
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    19And 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.

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.'

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.