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Rom 4:12. Περιτομῆς, of circumcision) The Abstract for the concrete, of the circumcised nation.-το͂ις) Heb. ל: see Nold. on this particle, n. 30, 10, 15, 19, 22. Generally, it implies as to [as regards, in relation to]; so το͂ις, 1Jn 5:16; Luk 1:50; Luk 1:55. LXX. 1Ch 13:1 : μετὰ τῶν ἀρχόντων κτλ. παντὶ ἡγουμένῳ, add to these passages 2Ch 31:2; 2Ch 31:16; Num 29:4.-οὐκ-μόνον) Abraham, therefore, is not the father of circumcision to such as are merely of the circumcision, and do not also follow the faith of Abraham.-ἐκ περιτομῆς, of the circumcision) ἐκ, of, means something more weighty than ἐν, in. Circumcision was at least a sign, uncircumcision was not even a sign.[46]-ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς) so in Rom 4:16.-ἴχνεσι, in the traces [steps]) The traces of faith are opposed to the traces of outward circumcision; the path is not trodden by many, but there are foot-traces found in it; it is, however, an open way.
[46] Therefore ἐκ is used with περιτομῆς, ἐν with ἀχροβυστία.-ED.