Romans 9:5-7

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⁵The ancestors are theirs,^(A) and from them, by physical descent,^[a] came the Christ,^(B) who is God^(C) over all,^(D) praised forever.^[b]^(E) Amen.

God’s Gracious Election of Israel

⁶Now it is not as though the word of God has failed,^(F) because not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.^(G) ⁷Neither is it the case that all of Abraham’s children are his descendants.^[c]^(H) On the contrary, your offspring will be traced^[d] through Isaac.^[e]^(I)

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Footnotes

9:5 Lit them, according to the flesh
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
9:7 Lit seed
9:7 Lit called
9:7 Gn 21:12

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