Romans 9:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
8 [a]That is, they which are the children of the [b]flesh, are not the children of God: but the (A)children of the [c]promise, are counted for the seed.
9 [d]For this is a word of promise, (B)In this same time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 [e]Neither he only felt this, but also (C)Rebecca, when she had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac.
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- Romans 9:8 A general application of the former proof or example.
- Romans 9:8 Which are born of Abraham by the course of nature.
- Romans 9:8 Which are born by virtue of the promise.
- Romans 9:9 A reason of that application: Because that Isaac was born by the virtue of the promise, and therefore he was not chosen, nay he was not at all, but by the free will of God: whereby it followeth that the promise is the fountain of predestination, and not the flesh from which promise the particular election proceedeth: that is, that the elect be born elect: and not that they be first born and then afterward elected, in respect of God who doth predestinate.
- Romans 9:10 Another forcible proof, taken from the example of Esau and Jacob, which were both born of the same Isaac, which was the son of promise, of one mother, and at one birth, and not at divers as Ishmael and Isaac were: and yet notwithstanding, Esau being cast off, only Jacob was chosen: and that before their birth, that neither any goodness of Jacob’s might be thought to be the cause of his election, neither any wickedness of Esau, of his casting away.
Romans 9:8-10
New International Version
8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(A) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(B) 9 For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”[a](C)
10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.(D)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:9 Gen. 18:10,14
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