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Romans 9:4-6
New Testament for Everyone
Romans 9:4-6
New Testament for Everyone
4 They are Israelites: the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship and the promises all belong to them. 5 The patriarchs are their ancestors; and it is from them, according to the flesh, that the Messiah has come—who is God over all, blessed forever, Amen!
Abraham’s two families
6 But it can’t be the case that God’s word has failed! Not all who are from Israel, you see, are in fact Israel.
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Romans 9:4-6
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Romans 9:4-6
New International Version
4 the people of Israel.(A) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;(B) theirs the divine glory,(C) the covenants,(D) the receiving of the law,(E) the temple worship(F) and the promises.(G) 5 Theirs are the patriarchs,(H) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(I) who is God over all,(J) forever praised Amen.
God’s Sovereign Choice
6 It is not as though God’s word(L) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(M)
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 9:4-6
King James Version
Romans 9:4-6
King James Version
4 Who 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;
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:
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