Romans 9:5

Theirs are the ancestors from whom Christ has come with respect to the flesh—he who is God over all. May he be praised forever. Amen.

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Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

In Context

4They are Israelites. They have adoption, the glory, the covenants, the gift of the law, the worship of God, and the promises.

6But it is not as though the promises of God have failed. For it is not everyone in Israel who truly belongs to Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, but whoever dishonors you I will curse. Through you will all the families of the earth be blessed.”

Deuteronomy 10:15Only Yahweh took pleasure in your fathers so as to love them, and he chose you, their descendants, after them, more than any of the other peoples, as he does today.

1 Kings 1:36Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, “So let it be! May Yahweh, the God of my master the king, confirm it.

Psalms 41:13May Yahweh, the God of Israel be praised 1 from everlasting to everlasting. 1 Amen and Amen. 1 Book Two

Psalms 72:19May his glorious name be blessed forever, 1 and may the whole earth be filled with his glory. 1 Amen and Amen. 1

Psalms 103:19Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens, 1 and his kingdom rules over everyone. 1

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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