Romans 9:1-8

1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit—
2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh.
4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;
5 to them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, comes the Messiah, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
6 It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all Israelites truly belong to Israel,
7 and not all of Abraham's children are his true descendants; but "It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you."
8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Gk [my brothers]
  • [b]. Or [the Christ]
  • [c]. Or [Messiah, who is God over all, blessed forever]; or [Messiah. May he who is God over all be blessed forever]
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