Roma 4:11

4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, ¹  so that he would become ²  the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, ³  that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

Roma 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ⁴  has discovered regarding this matter? ⁵ 

1 Korintus 9:2

9:2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign ⁶  of my apostleship in the Lord.

1 Korintus 9:2

9:2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign ⁷  of my apostleship in the Lord.

1 Korintus 1:22

1:22 For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,

Efesus 1:13

1:13 And when ⁸  you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christ ⁹  – you were marked with the seal ¹⁰  of the promised Holy Spirit, ¹¹ 

¹ tn Grk “of the faith, the one [existing] in uncircumcision.”

² tn Grk “that he might be,” giving the purpose of v. 11a.

³ tn Grk “through uncircumcision.”

⁴ tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).

⁵ tn Grk “has found?”

⁶ tn Grk “the seal.”

⁷ tn Grk “the seal.”

⁸ tn Grk “in whom you also, when…” (continuing the sentence from v. 12).

⁹ tn Grk “in whom also having believed.” The relative pronoun “whom” has been replaced in the translation with its antecedent (“Christ”) to improve the clarity.

¹⁰ tn Or “you were sealed.”

¹¹ tn Grk “the Holy Spirit of promise.” Here ἐπαγγελίας (epangelias, “of promise”) has been translated as an attributive genitive.