Romans 9:6

But 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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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Theirs 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.

7Neither are all Abraham's descendants truly his children. But, “It is through Isaac that your descendants will be called.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 55:11so also my word will be that goes from my mouth—it will not return to me empty, 1 but it will achieve the purpose for which I sent it. 1

John 1:47Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him and said about him, “See, a true Israelite, in whom is no deceit!”

Romans 2:28For he is not a Jew who is merely one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is merely outward in the flesh.

Romans 4:12This also meant that Abraham became the father of the circumcision for those who are not only circumcised but also for those who follow in the steps of faith of our father Abraham before he was circumcised.

Galatians 6:16To all who live according to this standard, peace and mercy be upon them, even upon the Israel of God.

Hebrews 6:17When God decided to show more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable quality of his purpose, he guaranteed it with 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 →

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