4:9 Is this blessedness 3 then for 4 the circumcision 5 or also for 6 the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” 7
9:30 What shall we say then? – that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
1 tn The term λογίζομαι (logizomai) occurs 11 times in this chapter (vv. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24). In secular usage it could (a) refer to deliberations of some sort, or (b) in commercial dealings (as virtually a technical term) to “reckoning” or “charging up a debt.” See H. W. Heidland, TDNT 4:284, 290-92.
2 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
3 tn Or “happiness.”
4 tn Grk “upon.”
5 sn See the note on “circumcision” in 2:25.
6 tn Grk “upon.”
7 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
8 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.