to whom belong the patriarchs, and from whom is the Christ according to human descent, who is God over all, blessed forever[a]! Amen.

But it is not as if the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel, nor are they all children because they are descendants of Abraham, but “In Isaac will your descendants be named.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:5 Literally “for eternity”
  2. Romans 9:7 A quotation from Gen 21:12