6. This is what David meant when he spoke of the happiness of the person whom God accepts as righteous, apart from anything that person does:
7. “Happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven,whose sins are pardoned!
8. Happy is the person whose sins the Lord will not keep account of!”
9. Does this happiness that David spoke of belong only to those who are circumcised? No indeed! It belongs also to those who are not circumcised. For we have quoted the scripture, “Abraham believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous.”
10. When did this take place? Was it before or after Abraham was circumcised? It was before, not after.