Romans 4:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.”
Romans 4:12 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Romans 4:1222 words
καὶkaiand / also
πατέραpaterafather, parent
περιτομῆςperitomēscircumcision
τοῖςtoisthe
οὐκouknot
ἐκekfrom / out of
περιτομῆςperitomēscircumcision
μόνονmonononly / alone
ἀλλὰallaand, but (even), howbeit
καὶkaiand / also
τοῖςtoisthe
στοιχοῦσινstoichousinwalk (orderly)
τοῖςtoisthe
ἴχνεσινichnesinstep
τῆςtēsthe
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἀκροβυστίᾳakrobystianot
circumcised, uncircumcised (with
πίστεωςpisteōsassurance, belief, believe
τοῦtouthe
πατρὸςpatrosfather, parent
ἡμῶνhēmōnI
ἈβραάμAbraamAbraham
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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