Romans 4:11 simplify wording
Romans 4:11 simplify wording
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\v 10 Think about when God did this for Abraham. He did it before Abraham was circumcised, not after.
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\v 11 Many years later, God commanded that Abraham be circumcised. Abraham obeyed; he knew that this ceremony would simply show that God had already accepted him, as when we put a mark on something that we own. So we can learn here that God considered Abraham to be the ancestor of everyone who trusts in him, even of those who are not circumcised. In this way, God considers all these people to be right with himself.
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\v 11 God commanded that Abraham be circumcised many years after had already accepted him. Circumcision was the mark that showed that Abraham already was right with God. So we can learn here that God considered Abraham to be the ancestor of everyone who trusts in him, even of those who are not circumcised. In this way, God considers all these people to be right with himself.
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\v 12 Likewise, God considers Abraham to be the ancestor of all us who are true Jews, that is, all Jews who not only have the mark of circumcision on their bodies, but—much more importantly—who live like our ancestor Abraham did before he was circumcised, when he was simply trusting in God
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