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# a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had already possessed when he was in uncircumcision
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Here "righteousness of the faith" means that God considered him to be righteous. AT: "a visible sign that God considered him righteous because he had believed in God before he was circumcised" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# even if they are in uncircumcision
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"even if they are not circumcised"
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# This means that righteousness will be counted for them
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You can translate this in an active form. AT: "This means that God will consider them righteous" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Abraham became the father of the circumcision
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Here "the circumcision" refers to those who are true believers in God, both Jews and Gentiles.
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# who follow in the steps of faith of our father Abraham
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Here "follow in the steps of faith" is an idiom that means to follow someone's example of follow. AT: "who follow our father Abraham's example of faith" or "who have faith as our father Abraham did" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]] |