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Romans 9:5-7
New International Version
Romans 9:5-7
New International Version
5 Theirs are the patriarchs,(A) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(B) who is God over all,(C) forever praised Amen.
God’s Sovereign Choice
6 It is not as though God’s word(E) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(F) 7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[b](G)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!
- Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12
Romans 9:5-7
King James Version
Romans 9:5-7
King James Version
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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Romans 9:5-7
English Standard Version
Romans 9:5-7
English Standard Version
5 To them belong (A)the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, (B)who is God over all, (C)blessed forever. Amen.
6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7 and not all are children of Abraham (D)because they are his offspring, but (E)“Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”
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Romans 9:5-7
New American Standard Bible
Romans 9:5-7
New American Standard Bible
5 whose are (A)the fathers, and (B)from whom is the [a]Christ according to the flesh, (C)who is over all, (D)God (E)blessed [b]forever. Amen.
6 But it is not as though (F)the word of God has failed. (G)For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; 7 nor are they all children (H)because they are Abraham’s [c](I)descendants, but: “[d](J)through Isaac your [e]descendants shall be named.”
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- Romans 9:5 I.e., Messiah
- Romans 9:5 Lit unto the ages
- Romans 9:7 Lit seed
- Romans 9:7 Lit in
- Romans 9:7 Lit seed
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