Romans 9:4
They are Israelites. They have adoption, the glory, the covenants, the gift of the law, the worship of God, and the promises.
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Genesis 17:2Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
Genesis 17:10This is my covenant, which you must keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you must be circumcised.
Exodus 4:22You must say to Pharaoh, 'This is what Yahweh says: Israel is my son, my firstborn,
Exodus 19:3Moses went up to God. Yahweh called to him from the mountain and said, “You must tell the house of Jacob, the people of Israel:
Exodus 34:27Yahweh said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
Numbers 7:89When Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him. Yahweh spoke to him from above the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim. He spoke to him.
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 →