Romans 4:9
Romans · New Testament · Chapter 4
“Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.”Romans 4:9
What Does Romans 4:9 Mean?
Romans 4:9 is found in the book of Romans, chapter 4, verse 9 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Justification.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Romans 4:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 15:6“And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”Romans 4:3“For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.”Galatians 3:6“Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”Galatians 3:14“That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”Genesis 17:10“This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.”John 7:22“Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.”Colossians 3:11“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.”Galatians 3:26“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”Ephesians 3:8“Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;”Romans 2:9“Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;”Romans 3:29“Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:”Romans 4:6“Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,”Romans 9:30“What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.”Romans 10:12“For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.”Romans 15:8“Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:”Ephesians 2:11“Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;”Genesis 17:23“And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.”Isaiah 49:6“And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.”Luke 2:32“A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.”Romans 9:23“And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,”
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