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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.
Audio commentary on this verse
Note 5 at Ro 4:12: Note that Abraham had faith before he had the action of circumcision. Many people have mistakenly thought that actions produce faith, but that's not so (see note 21 at Mt 23:26 and note 2 at Lu 11:42). Faith produces actions (see note 55 at Mt 7:21 and note 26 at Mt 25:40). Acting right doesn't make people right; they have to be born again (see note 2 at Joh 3:3).
