who are Israelites, to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the temple service, and the promises, 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,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:5 Literally “for eternity”