Romans 9:8
that is to saye they which are the chyldren of the flesshe are not the chyldren of god. But the chyldren of promes are counted the seede.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
9For this is a worde of promes aboute this tyme will I come and Sara shall have a sonne.
Cross References
Romans 4:11And he receaved the signe of circumcision as a seale of that rightewesnes which is by fayth which fayth he had yet beynge vncircumcised: that he shuld be the father of all them that beleve though they be not circumcised that rightewesnes myght be imputed to them also:
Galatians 3:26For ye are all the sonnes of God by the fayth which is in Christ Iesus.
1 John 3:1Beholde what love the father hath shewed on vs that we shuld be called the sonnes of god. For this cause the worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not him.
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:7-14
The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 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. 9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son. 10 And not only this; but when… Read the whole commentary →