Romans 4:10 Cross References
Romans 4:10
10: But how did his faith help him? Was he declared righteous only after he had been circumcised, or was it before he was circumcised? The answer is that God accepted him first, and then he was circumcised later!
Genesis 17:23
- On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and every other male in his household and circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, exactly as God had told him.
- Abraham was ninety-nine years old at that time,
- and Ishmael his son was thirteen.
- Both were circumcised the same day,
- along with all the other men and boys of the household, whether they were born there or bought as servants.
1 Corinthians 7:18
- For instance, a man who was circumcised before he became a believer should not try to reverse it. And the man who was uncircumcised when he became a believer should not be circumcised now.
- For it makes no difference whether or not a man has been circumcised. The important thing is to keep God's commandments.
Genesis 16:1
- But Sarai, Abram's wife, had no children. So Sarai took her servant, an Egyptian woman named Hagar,
- and gave her to Abram so she could bear his children. "The LORD has kept me from having any children," Sarai said to Abram. "Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her." And Abram agreed.
- So Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happened ten years after Abram first arrived in the land of Canaan.)
Galatians 6:15
- It doesn't make any difference now whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we really have been changed into new and different people.
Galatians 5:6
- For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, it makes no difference to God whether we are circumcised or not circumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
Genesis 15:5
- Then the LORD brought Abram outside beneath the night sky and told him, "Look up into the heavens and count the stars if you can. Your descendants will be like that--too many to count!"
- And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD declared him righteous because of his faith.
Genesis 17:1
- When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.
Genesis 17:10
- This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised;
Genesis 15:16
- After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, when the sin of the Amorites has run its course."