Romans 4:10
Good News Translation
When did this take place? Was it before or after Abraham was circumcised? It was before, not after.

New Revised Standard Version
How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.

Contemporary English Version
But when did this happen? Was it before or after Abraham was circumcised? Of course, it was before.

New American Bible
Under what circumstances was it credited? Was he circumcised or not? He was not circumcised, but uncircumcised.

Douay-Rheims Bible
How then was it reputed? When he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

How then was it reputed? When he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

not in circumcision.

14 years before he was circumcised; the former having taken place some time before Ishmael's birth, at which time he was

86 years old, and the other when Ishmael was

13 years of age, and Abraham

99

See

Genesis 15:5,6,16 And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be. . . .

Genesis 16:1-3 Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children: but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar, . . .

Genesis 17:1,10,23-27 And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect. . . .

1 Corinthians 7:18,19 Is any man called, being circumcised? Let him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. . . .

Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision: but faith that worketh by Charity.

Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision: but a new creature.

Context
Abraham Justified by Faith
9This blessedness then, doth it remain in the circumcision only or in the uncircumcision also? For we say that unto Abraham faith was reputed to justice. 10How then was it reputed? 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 justice of the faith which he had, being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised: that unto them also it may be reputed to justice:…
Cross References
Romans 4:9
This blessedness then, doth it remain in the circumcision only or in the uncircumcision also? For we say that unto Abraham faith was reputed to justice.

Romans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith which he had, being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised: that unto them also it may be reputed to justice:

Romans 4:9
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