6. In the same way, David also pronounces a blessing on the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from actions:
7. Happy are those whose actions outside the Law are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8. Happy are those whose sin isn’t counted against them by the Lord.
9. Is this state of happiness only for the circumcised or is it also for those who aren’t circumcised? We say, "Faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness."
10. So how was it credited? When he was circumcised, or when he wasn’t circumcised? In fact, it was credited while he still wasn’t circumcised, not after he was circumcised.