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Romans 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh,¹ has discovered regarding this matter?²

Romans 4:12

Context
4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised,³ who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.⁴

Romans 4:16

Context
4:16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace,⁵ with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants – not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham,⁶ who is the father of us all

¹tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).

²tn Grk “has found?”

³tn Grk “the father of circumcision.”

⁴tn Grk “the ‘in-uncircumcision faith’ of our father Abraham.”

⁵tn Grk “that it might be according to grace.”

⁶tn Grk “those who are of the faith of Abraham.”

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