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And it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who [are] of Israel are these Israel;

nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but -- `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

that is, the children of the flesh -- these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

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God’s Sovereign Choice

It is not as though God’s word(A) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(B) Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[a](C) In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(D) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12