Verse 8
Romans 9:8
New Living Translation
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This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God (Elohim). Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children.
Original Language Text
greek
τοῦτ’ ἔστιν, οὐ τὰ τέκνα τῆς σαρκὸς ταῦτα τέκνα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐπαγγελίας λογίζεται εἰς σπέρμα·
English Translation
That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as seed.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
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With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confir...
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My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief
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for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed — cut off fro...
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They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God (Elohim)’s adopted children. God (Elohim) revealed h...
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Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are their ancestors, and Christ himself was an Israelite as far as his hum...
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Well then, has God (Elohim) failed to fulfill his promise to Israel? No, for not all who are born in...
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Being descendants of Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say, “Is...
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This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God (Elohim). Only th...
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For God (Elohim) had promised, “I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
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This son was our ancestor Isaac. When he married Rebekah, she gave birth to twins.
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But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from Go...
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he calls people, but not according to their good or bad works.) She was told, “Your older son will s...
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In the words of the Scriptures, “I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau.”
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Are we saying, then, that God (Elohim) was unfair? Of course not!
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For God (Elohim) said to Moses, “I will show mercy to anyone I choose,<br>and I will show compassion...
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So it is God (Elohim) who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it.
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For the Scriptures say that God (Elohim) told Pharaoh, “I have appointed you for the very purpose of...
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So you see, God (Elohim) chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of other...
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Well then, you might say, “Why does God (Elohim) blame people for not responding? Haven’t they simpl...
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No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God (Elohim)? Should the thing th...
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When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make o...
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In the same way, even though God (Elohim) has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very...
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He does this to make the riches of his glory shine even brighter on those to whom he shows mercy, wh...
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And we are among those whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.
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Concerning the Gentiles, God (Elohim) says in the prophecy of Hosea, “Those who were not my people,<...
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And, “Then, at the place where they were told,<br>‘You are not my people,’<br>there they will be cal...
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And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out, “Though the people of Israel are as numerous as...
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For the LORD will carry out his sentence upon the earth<br>quickly and with finality.”<br>
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And Isaiah said the same thing in another place: “If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies<br>had not spared a...
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What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to follow God (Elohim)’s standards...
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But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God (Elohim) by keeping the law, never...
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Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God (Elohim) by keeping the law instead of by tr...
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God (Elohim) warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said, “I am placing a stone in Jerusalem...
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