¹¹And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal^j of the righteousness by faith which he had while uncircumcised^k, so that he could be the father of all who believe although they are uncircumcised^l, so that righteousness could be credited to them,^m ¹²and the father of those who are circumcisedⁿ to those who are not only from the circumcision, but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised^o.

The Promise to Abraham Secured through Faith

¹³For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith. ¹⁴For if those of the law are heirs, faith is rendered void and the promise is nullified. ¹⁵For the law produces wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression. ¹⁶Because of this, it is by faith, in order that it may be according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all ¹⁷(just as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”)^p before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as though they are, ¹⁸who against hope believed in hope, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said, “so will your descendants be.”^q

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Footnotes

jOr “confirmation”
kLiterally “in uncircumcision”
lLiterally “through uncircumcision”
mSome manuscripts have “could be credited to them also”
nLiterally “of the circumcision”
oLiterally “of the in uncircumcision faith of our father Abraham”
pA quotation from Gen 17:5
qA quotation from Gen 15:5