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who are Israelites, of whom[a] is the adoption and the glory[b] and the covenants and the Law-giving and the [temple] service and the promises, of whom are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according-to[c] the flesh, the One being[d] over all, God, blessed forever, amen.

But Not All Abraham’s Physical Children Are Children of God

But it is not such as that the word of God has failed— for not all[e] these ones from Israel are Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:4 That is, to whom belong.
  2. Romans 9:4 That is, the glory of God in all its manifestations in their history.
  3. Romans 9:5 Or, with respect to.
  4. Romans 9:5 That is, the One Who is the following three things. Or, the One being over all, blessed God forever; or, the One being God over all, blessed forever.
  5. Romans 9:6 All of Abraham’s physical descendants are not partakers of God’s promises made to him, as seen even in the very first case, Isaac and Ishmael.

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