Romans 9:6

Not, however, that the word of God hath actually failed. For all are not Israel, who are of Israel.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

5and from among whom, Messiah appeared in the flesh, who is God over all; to whom be praises and benediction, for ever and ever; Amen.

7Neither are they all sons, because they are of the seed of Abraham: for it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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Cross References

John 1:47And Jesus saw Nathaniel coming towards him, and said of him: Behold a real Israelite, in whom is no deceit.

Romans 2:28For he is not a Jew, who is so in what is external: nor is that circumcision, which is visible in the flesh.

Romans 4:12and the father of the circumcision; not to them only who are of the circumcision, but to them also who fulfill the steps of the faith of our father Abraham in his uncircumcision.

Galatians 6:16And they who press forward in this path, peace be on them, and mercy; and on the Israel of God.

Hebrews 6:17Therefore, God, being abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise, that his promising was irreversible, bound it up in 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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