Romans 4:11
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:
अध्ययन टिप्पणी
Study Note
Paul's argument that Abraham 'received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised' turns Genesis 17 against the circumcision party: the sign came after the faith, ratifying what already existed rather than conferring what was absent. The sequence — faith (Genesis 15:6), then circumcision (Genesis 17) — is chronologically separated by roughly fourteen years according to Jewish reckoning, giving Paul's argument concrete historical force. Abraham thus becomes 'the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised' (v. 11b) — the paradigm of uncircumcised Gentile faith — long before the Sinai covenant defined Jewish identity. The passage grounds the sacramental theology of sign-and-reality: outward signs are seals confirming inward faith, not independent causes of salvation.
अन्य अनुवाद
and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;
and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,
And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;
क्रॉस संदर्भ
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And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.