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12 And [kai] the father [pater] of circumcision [peritome]
to them who are not [ou] of [ek] the circumcision [peritome]
only [monon], but [alla] who also [kai] walk [stoicheo] in the steps [ichnos] of
that faith [pistis] of our [hemon] father [pater] Abraham [Abraam], which he had being [en]
yet uncircumcised [akrobustia]. KJV-Interlinear
12 and to
make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who
also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he
was circumcised. ESV
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Answer:
Abraham is considered the father of all who believe, because of the pattern of faith which he demonstrated. So, whether circumcised or not, one is saved by faith and that makes Abraham your father because of that faith pattern.
