The Jews Guilty as the Gentiles

^17 [a]Indeed ^(A)you are called a Jew, and ^(B)rest^[b] on the law, ^(C)and make your boast in God,

²³ You who ^(A)make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law?

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

⁴ who are Israelites, ^(A)to whom pertain the adoption, ^(B)the glory, ^(C)the covenants, ^(D)the giving of the law, ^(E)the service of God, and ^(F)the promises; ^5 (G)of whom are the fathers and from ^(H)whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, ^(I)who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.

Israel’s Rejection and God’s Purpose^(J)

^6 (K)But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For ^(L)they are not all Israel who are of Israel, ^7 (M)nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, ^(N)“In Isaac your seed shall be called.”

²⁸ For ^(A)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; ²⁹ but he is a Jew ^(B)who is one inwardly; and ^(C)circumcision is that of the heart, ^(D)in the Spirit, not in the letter; ^(E)whose ^[a]praise is not from men but from God.

⁴⁵ Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; ^(A)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust.

⁹ and do not think to say to yourselves, ^(A)‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

⁹ Indeed I will make ^(A)those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed ^(B)I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.