Romans 9:6
But it is not that the Word of God has perished. For not all those who are Israelites are of Israel.
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7And not all sons are the offspring of Abraham: “For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.”
Cross References
Isaiah 55:11so also will my word be, which will go forth from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish whatever I will, and it will prosper in the tasks for which I sent it.
John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and he said about him, “Behold, an Israelite in whom truly there is no deceit.”
Romans 2:28For a Jew is not he who seems so outwardly. Neither is circumcision that which seems so outwardly, in the flesh.
Romans 4:12and he might be the father of circumcision, not only for those who are of circumcision, but even for those who follow the footsteps of that faith which is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
Galatians 6:16And whoever follows this rule: may peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
Hebrews 6:17In this matter, God, wanting to reveal more thoroughly the immutability of his counsel to the heirs of the promise, 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 →