“How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.”
Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! The temporal argument is decisive: Abraham was credited with righteousness before circumcision. Circumcision came later in Genesis 17, as a sign and seal of the righteousness Abraham already possessed through faith. Therefore, Abraham is father of the uncircumcised who believe.
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