Romans 9:6

It's not that God's promise has failed. For not every Israelite is a true Israelite,

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

In Context

5They are our forefathers—ancestors of Christ, humanly-speaking, the one who rules over everything, the eternally-blessed God. Amen.

7and not all those who are descended from Abraham are his true children. For Scripture says, “Your descendants will be counted through Isaac,”

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Cross References

Isaiah 55:11In the same way the words I say don't come back to me unfulfilled, they accomplish what I want—they successfully achieve my purpose.

John 1:47As Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said about him, “Look, here's a true Israelite! There's nothing false about him.”

Romans 2:28It's not what's on the outside that makes you a Jew; it's not the physical sign of circumcision.

Romans 4:12He is also the father of circumcised Jews not merely because they're circumcised, but because they follow the example of the trust in God our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Galatians 6:16Peace and mercy to all who follow this principle, and to the Israel of God!

Hebrews 6:17That's why God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to those who would inherit the promise that he would never ever change his mind.

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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