Romans 4:12 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 4:12

And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.

KJV

And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

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Commentary

2 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book IV (202)

Now, this Jesus did by drawing us off from the religion of stones, and bringing us over from hard and fruitless cogitations, and establishing in us a faith like to Abraham. As Paul does also testify, saying that we are children of Abraham because of the similarity of our faith, and the promise of inheritance.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And the father of circumcision - He is also the head and representative of all the circumcision of all the Jews who walk in the steps of that faith; who seek for justification by faith only, and not by the works of the law; for this was the faith that Abraham had before he received circumcision.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πατέρα	patera	father	G3962 →
περιτομῆς,	peritomēs	of circumcision	G4061 →
τοῖς	tois	to those	G3588 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
περιτομῆς	peritomēs	circumcision	G4061 →
μόνον	monon	only	G3441 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τοῖς	tois	to those	G3588 →
στοιχοῦσιν	stoichousin	walking	G4748 →
τοῖς	tois	in the	G3588 →
ἴχνεσιν	ichnesin	steps	G2487 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
ἐν	en	during	G1722 →
ἀκροβυστίᾳ	akrobustia	uncircumcision	G203 →
πίστεως	pisteōs	faith	G4102 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
πατρὸς	patros	father	G3962 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
Ἀβραάμ.	Abraam	Abraham.	G11 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 2:21
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
leads to
- 1 John 2:6
  Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
- Matthew 16:24
  Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- John 13:15
  I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
- Ephesians 5:2
  and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- 1 John 3:16
  By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Through
2 Corinthians 12:18
I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 8:6
  So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
Through
Song of Solomon 1:8
If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 6:1
  Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
- Song of Solomon 5:9
  How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?

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