4:9
Paul now turns to the question of the place of circumcision. The Jews saw circumcision as being an essential aspect of being justified by God. Paul takes us to the example of Abraham, and will show that he is the father of both the circumcised and the uncircumcised. It was faith that was counted to Abraham as righteousness, not circumcision. Circumcision was the sign of being righteous.
4:10
Paul has already quoted Gen 15:6 where it says Abraham believed and it was credited to him as righteousness. Now he points out that this took place before Abraham was circumcised. So an uncircumcised man was counted by God as being righteous. And this was not just any man, it wasn’t a special case, it was Abraham the father of the nation!
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