Romans
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Romans 9:8
“That 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.”
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Romans 9:8 Context
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;)
"That 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." Romans 9:8 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for Romans 9:8
That 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.
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Wesley's Notes for Romans 9:8
9:8 That is, Not the children, &c. - As if he had said, This is a clear type of things to come; showing us, that in all succeeding generations, not the children of the flesh, the lineal descendants of Abraham, but the children of the promise, they to whom the promise is made, that is, believers, are the children of God. #Gen 21:12|
People's Bible Notes for Romans 9:8
Ro 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, etc. Since Ishmael, born according to natural laws, was not of the chosen race, but Isaac, the child of promise, born contrary to natural law, because the chosen people, it follows that the children of God are not the children of the flesh, the mere fleshly descendants of Abraham, but the children of the promise; those who are of the seed according to the conditions of the promise. This argument is a reply to those who based all upon their fleshly relation to Abraham: "We have Abraham to our Father" (Mt 3:9). In order to show this more fully Paul recalls the incidents recorded in Ge 18:10-14.
That 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.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.
- American Standard Version (1901)
That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.
- Basic English Bible
So it is not the children of the flesh who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
That is, [they that are] the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.
- Darby Bible
That is to say, not they that are the children of the flesh, are the children of God; but they, that are the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.
- English Revised Version
That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.
- World English Bible