Romans 9:7
Verse 7 of 33. The 9th of 16 chapters in Romans, in The Letters of Paul.
3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
Romans 9:7 in the World English Bible
Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”Read Romans 9:7 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:7
He lays down this proposition—that they are not all Israel who are of Israel (v. 6), neither because they are, &c., v. 7. Many that descended from the loins of Abraham and Jacob, and were of that people who were surnamed by the name of Israel, yet were very far from being Israelites indeed, interested in the saving benefits of the new covenant. They are not all really Israel that are so in name and profession.
Read Matthew Henry on Romans 9:6–13: The Divine Sovereignty. (a. d. 58.)
Pray Romans 9:7 with someone reading it aloud.
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