Romans 4:9

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Summary

Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

Cometh

For we

Romans 4:3

Bible References

Cometh

Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too;

so as to show all the wealth of his glory in dealing with the objects of his mercy, whom he has prepared from the beginning to share his glory,

There is no distinction between Jew and Greek for they all have the same Lord, and he is generous to all who call upon him.

I hold that Christ has become an agent of circumcision to show God's truthfulness in carrying out the promises made to our forefathers,

A light of revelation for the heathen, And a glory to your people Israel!"

in order that the blessing given to Abraham might through Jesus Christ reach the heathen, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.

So remember that you were once physically heathen, and called uncircumcised by those who called themselves circumcised, though only physically, by human hands.

To me, the very least of all his people, this favor has been given, of preaching to the heathen the inexhaustible wealth of the Christ,

Here, what matters is not "Greek" and "Jew," the circumcised and the uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeborn, but Christ is everything and in us all.

For we

for what does the Scripture say? "Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as uprightness."