This means that the blessedness promised to Abraham came upon those circumcised in infancy, who later believed. Abraham was their father. And if they were circumcised in infancy but did not come to faith, he was not their father, and they were not true Jews. Moreover, Abraham was the father of all who believed, both Jew and Gentile. He bore in his body, as did every circumcised Jew after him, the seal of the coming Christ. This Christ was the Righteousness of uncircumcised and circumcised both. The blessing of Abraham did not come upon the believing circumcised only.
