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Rom 4:11. Σημε͂ιον, a sign) Circumcision itself was a sign, a mark, namely, imprinted on the body, and the expression, the sign of circumcision, is used just as taking of rest in sleep [κοίμησις τ. ὕπνου], Joh 11:13; and the virtue of piety, that is, piety a virtue.-ἔλαβε, received) obediently.-τῆς ἐν τῇ) τῆς is to be construed with πίστεως; with which compare the next verse.-τοῦ χαρίσματος) διά, with; as in ch. Rom 2:27 [not as Eng. vers. “by the letter, and circumcision;” but ‘with,’ or ‘in.’ Eng. vers. here, Rom 4:11, renders διὰ ἀκροβ, though they be not circumcised]. 11, 12. Πατέρα) the construction is, that he might be the father of all who believe with [i.e. being in] uncircumcision-and the father of the circumcision. Father and seed are correlatives.