Romans 9:6

It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

In Context

5to whom belong the fathers, and of whom is the Christ, as it respects the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

7Nor, because they are the posterity of Abraham, are they all children: but in Isaac shall your posterity be called.

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Cross References

John 1:47And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.

Romans 2:28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

Romans 4:12and the father of circumcision to those who are not only circumcised, but who, also, walk in the steps of that faith which our father Abraham had while he was yet uncircumcised.

Galatians 6:16And as many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

Hebrews 6:17Wherefore, God, being more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of his promise the immutability of his purpose, interposed an oath,

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:2-6

Paul's Anxiety for the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 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… Read the whole commentary →

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