Circumcision: A Seal of Righteousness

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Romans 2:25-29
For circumcision truly profits, if you keep the law: but if you be a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.
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Romans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed to them also:
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Why the Circumcision of Infants was Enjoined under Pain of So ...
... visible sign. [2000] Abraham himself, indeed, received the sign of
circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith. [2001] And ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 35 xxx why the circumcision.htm

Acts XVI
... It is true, that Paul says: "Abraham received the sign of circumcision, a seal of
the righteousness of the faith which he had while yet uncircumcised;" but ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xvi.htm

Inseparable Connection Between the Old and the New Testament.
... any should say that it was conditioned wholly or in part upon a carnal ordinance:
"He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter viii inseparable connection between.htm

Letter xxiii. (AD 392. )
... of that ancient people, when there was nothing better that I could be, I would
undoubtedly have received circumcision. That "seal of the righteousness which is ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xxiii a d 392.htm

The Righteousness of Faith
... believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness." (Gen.15:6.)
"And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 6 the righteousness of.htm

Rom. Iv. 1, 2
... a seal to it, when there was nothing laid up within. And so the circumcision is
ridiculous if there be no faith within. For if it be a sign of righteousness, ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily viii rom iv 1.htm

Whether the Sacraments of the Old Law Caused Grace?
... from Christ's Passion, which is the cause of man's righteousness; whereas the ... says
(Rom.4:11) that Abraham "received the sign of Circumcision, a seal of the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the sacraments of the 3.htm

Of the Sacraments.
... Nor can we justly attribute more to our baptism than he elsewhere attributes to
circumcision, when he terms it a seal of the righteousness of faith (Rom.4:11). ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 14 of the sacraments.htm

Covenanting Enforced by the Grant of Covenant Signs and Seals.
... Abraham "received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith
which he had, yet being uncircumcised."[685] To the enjoyment of all other ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter xi covenanting enforced by.htm

Covenanting Provided for in the Everlasting Covenant.
... like Abraham, believe in God, have their faith counted to them for righteousness:
"And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter vi covenanting provided for.htm

Subtopics

Circumcision

Circumcision was Performed by Persons in Authority

Circumcision was Performed by the Heads of Families

Circumcision was Performed in the Presence of the Family

Circumcision was Performed with Knives of Flint

Circumcision was Performed: Even on the Sabbath Day

Circumcision was Performed: On Males Home-Born and Bought

Circumcision was Performed: On the Eighth Day

Circumcision without Faith, Vain

Circumcision without Obedience, Vain

Circumcision: A Designation of Christians