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6 But [it is] not as if the word of God had failed. For not all those [who are descended] from Israel [are truly] Israel,
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It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
7 nor [are they] all children because they are descendants of Abraham, but "In Isaac will your descendants be named."
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Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”
8 That is, [it is] not the children {by human descent} [who are] children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
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In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.
9 For the statement of the promise [is] this: "At this time I will return and {Sarah will have} a son."
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For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 And not only [this], but also [when] Rebecca conceived children by one [man], Isaac our father--
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Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.
11 for [although they] had not yet been born, or done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God according to election might remain,
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Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand:
12 not by works but by the one who calls--it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"
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not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 just as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
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Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 What then shall we say? [There is] no injustice with God, [is there]? May it never be!
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What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all!
15 For to Moses he says, "I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion."
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For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
16 Consequently therefore, {it does not depend on the} one who wills or on the one who runs, but on God who shows mercy.
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It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
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