Romans 4:10 Cross References - ISV

¹⁰ Under what circumstances was it credited? Was he circumcised or uncircumcised? He had not yet been circumcised, but was uncircumcised.

⁵ Then the LORD took him outside. “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if you can!” he said. “Your descendants will be that numerous.” ⁶ Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

¹⁶ Your descendants will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course.”

¹ Sarai, Hagar, and IshmaelNow Abram’s wife Sarai had not borne a child for him. She had an Egyptian servant girl whose name was Hagar. ² So Sarai told Abram, “You are well aware that the LORD has prevented me from giving birth to a child. Go have sex with my servant, so that I may possibly bear a son through her.”
Abram listened to Sarai’s suggestion, ³ so Abram’s wife Sarai took her Egyptian servant, Hagar, and gave her as a wife to her husband Abram. This took place ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.

¹ God Appears to AbramWhen Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and announced, “I am God Almighty. Live in constant awareness that I’m always with you, and be blameless.

¹⁰ Here is my covenant that you are to observe, between me and you and your descendants: Every male among you is to be circumcised.

²³ Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the servants born in his house or purchased with his money—every male among the men of his household—and circumcised them that very day, just as God had spoken to him. ²⁴ Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised, ²⁵ and his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised. ²⁶ Both Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on that very day. ²⁷ Every man born in his household—as well as those who had been purchased with money from a foreigner—was circumcised with him.

¹⁸ Was anyone circumcised when he was called? He should not try to change that. Was anyone uncircumcised when he was called? He should not get circumcised. ¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but obeying God’s commandments is everything.

⁶ for in union with the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. What matters is faith expressed through love.

¹⁵ For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. Rather, what matters is being a new creation.