Discovery BoxRomans 4:9 
Context4:9 Is this blessedness 1 then for 2 the circumcision 3 or also for 4 the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” 5
Romans 4:11
Context4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, 6 so that he would become 7 the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, 8 that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
Romans 4:13
Context4:13 For the promise 9 to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
Romans 4:22
Context4:22 So indeed it was credited to Abraham 10 as righteousness.
1 tn Or “happiness.”
2 tn Grk “upon.”
3 sn See the note on “circumcision” in 2:25.
4 tn Grk “upon.”
5 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
6 tn Grk “of the faith, the one [existing] in uncircumcision.”
7 tn Grk “that he might be,” giving the purpose of v. 11a.
8 tn Grk “through uncircumcision.”
9 sn Although a singular noun, the promise is collective and does not refer only to Gen 12:7, but as D. Moo (Romans 1-8 [WEC], 279) points out, refers to multiple aspects of the promise to Abraham: multiplied descendants (Gen 12:2), possession of the land (Gen 13:15-17), and his becoming the vehicle of blessing to all people (Gen 12:13).
10 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
