8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
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Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: …
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. …
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-13)The apostle, having made his way to that which he had to say, concerning the rejection of the body of his countrymen, with a protestation of his own affection for them and a concession of their undoubted privileges, comes in these verses, and the following part of the chapter, to prove that the rejection of the Jews, by the establishment of the gospel dispensation, did not at all invalidate the wo…
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