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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.
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This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children.
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This means that the children born in the usual way are not the children of God; instead, the children born as a result of God's promise are regarded as the true descendants.
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This means that the children born in the usual way are not the children of God; instead, the children born as a result of God's promise are regarded as the true descendants.
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This means that children born by natural descent [from Abraham] are not necessarily God's children. Instead, children born by the promise are considered Abraham's descendants.
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This means that not all of Abraham's descendants are God's true children. Abraham's true children are those who become God's children because of the promise God made to Abraham.
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In other words, God's children are not just Abraham's natural children. Instead, they are the children God promised to him. They are the ones considered to be Abraham's children.
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That is to say, not they that are the children of the flesh are the children of God: but they that are the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.
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In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity.