Romans 4:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 unto them also:

The sign

A seal

Righteousness

That righteousness

Romans 4:6

General references

Galatians 3:9

Bible References

The sign

This shall be my covenant, which ye shall keep between me and you and thy seed after thee: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

And this blood shall be to you for a sign upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

And thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, With all this ye shall keep my sabbaths; for it is a sign between me and you throughout your ages; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

And I also gave them my sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctifies them.

A seal

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is circumcision that which is done outwardly in the flesh;

And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul, that thou may live.

who has also sealed us and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

In whom ye also trusted, hearing the word of truth, the gospel of your saving health; in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of the promise,

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with which ye are sealed for the day of redemption.

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth neither any green thing neither any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads.

Righteousness

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

the righteousness, that is, of God by the faith of Jesus, the Christ, for all and upon all those that believe in him, for there is no difference;

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, that is to say, the righteousness which is by faith,

But thus saith the righteousness which is by faith, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven (that is, to bring the Christ down from above)?

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

and be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

By faith Noah, having received revelation of things not seen as yet, with great care prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by which he condemned the world and was made heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Simon Peter, slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those that have obtained like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

That righteousness

Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man unto whom God doth attribute righteousness without works,

General references

and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.

And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

No one also having drunk of the old straightway desires the new, for he says, The old is better.

Can anyone forbid water that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

seeing it is one God who shall justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision by faith.

So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.