The 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

Now it is not as though the word of God has failed,(F) because not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(G) Neither 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

  1. 9:5 Lit them, according to the flesh
  2. 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. 9:7 Lit seed
  4. 9:7 Lit called
  5. 9:7 Gn 21:12

Theirs are the patriarchs,(A) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(B) who is God over all,(C) forever praised![a](D) Amen.

God’s Sovereign Choice

It is not as though God’s word(E) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(F) 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.”[b](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!
  2. Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12