Rom 4:8-12 | ESV | STEP | blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin .

Romans 4:8-12

8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not ^acount his sin.”
9 Is this blessing then only for ^bthe circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? ^cFor we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10 How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 ^dHe received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was ^eto make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12 and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.