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Romans 4:11
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Romans 4:11
11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
11And hee receiued the signe of circumcision, a seale of the righteousnesse of the faith, which hee had yet being vncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that beleeue, though they be not circumcised; that righteousnesse might be imputed vnto them also:
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DEFINED WORDS
Romans 4:11
To receive: to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
circumcision
The cutting off of the foreskin; also, by KJV context, those identified with that bodily sign.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616
A mark, impression, or device used to authenticate or secure; also to close, secure, or authenticate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Trust, belief, confidence, or reliance; especially trust in God and belief in his word, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
uncircumcised
Not circumcised in the flesh, or belonging to peoples outside the circumcised covenant community.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded of; to trust or place confidence in.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
circumcised
Having the foreskin cut away; also used in Scripture of the covenant sign and figurative inward separation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Attributed, reckoned, or charged to the account of a person or thing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study9And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
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Open the full verse study22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
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Open the full verse study22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
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Open the full verse study7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
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Open the full verse study13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
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Open the full verse study30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
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Open the full verse study22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
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Open the full verse study29And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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Open the full verse study7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
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Open the full verse study5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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Open the full verse study16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
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Open the full verse study35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
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Open the full verse study9And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
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Open the full verse study11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
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Open the full verse study4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
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Open the full verse study6But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
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Open the full verse study1SIMON Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
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Open the full verse study6And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
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Open the full verse study13And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
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Open the full verse study13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
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Open the full verse study17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
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Open the full verse study12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.
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Open the full verse study20And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
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Open the full verse study10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
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Open the full verse study25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
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Open the full verse study15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Open the full verse study36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
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Open the full verse study40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
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Open the full verse study47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
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Open the full verse study38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
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Open the full verse study33¶ They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
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Open the full verse study16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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Open the full verse study11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
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Open the full verse study4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
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Open the full verse study28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
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Open the full verse study26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
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Open the full verse study30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
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Open the full verse study6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
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Open the full verse study12And 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.
13For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
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Open the full verse study16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
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Open the full verse study33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
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