Romans 4:10 How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:

'How then was it reckoned?' -'Under what circumstances, then, did this take place' (TCNT)

Here we see how prejudice can blind one. 'They hadn't. real grasp of the facts so he presses the opponent. Was Abraham reckoned righteous only after he was circumcised? The facts of the case were well-known but the sectarian heart didn't grasp their significance.'

In their eagerness to hold on to circumcision at all cost, they completely ignored the obvious fact that the justification recorded in Genesis 15:6 was BEFORE Abraham was circumcised (chapter 17). Therefore, circumcision wasn't essential to one's right standing with God.

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