The ancestors are theirs,(A) and from them, by physical descent,[a] came the Messiah,(B) who is God(C) over all,(D) praised forever.[b](E) Amen.

God’s Gracious Election of Israel

But it is not as though the word of God has failed.(F) For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(G) Neither are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants.[c](H) On the contrary, your offspring will be traced[d] through Isaac.(I)[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:5 Lit them, according to the flesh
  2. Romans 9:5 Or the Messiah, the One who is over all, the God who is blessed forever, or Messiah. God, who is over all, be blessed forever
  3. Romans 9:7 Lit seed
  4. Romans 9:7 Lit called
  5. Romans 9:7 Gn 21:12

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