“Are we not reckoned by him as strangers? For he has sold us, and also entirely consumed our silver.
Romans 9:8 - The Scriptures 2009 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of Elohim, but the children of the promise are reckoned as the seed. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 That 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That is to say, it is not the children of the body [of Abraham] who are made God's children, but it is the offspring to whom the promise applies that shall be counted [as Abraham's true] descendants. American Standard Version (1901) That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. Common English Bible That means it isn’t the natural children who are God’s children, but it is the children from the promise who are counted as descendants. Catholic Public Domain Version In other words, those who are the sons of God are not those who are sons of the flesh, but those who are sons of the Promise; these are considered to be the offspring. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That is to say, not they that are the children of the flesh, are the children of God; but they, that are the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed. |
“Are we not reckoned by him as strangers? For he has sold us, and also entirely consumed our silver.
A seed shall serve Him. It is declared of יהוה to the coming generation.
יהוה does write, In the register of the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.
and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Aḇraham as father.’ For I say to you that Elohim is able to raise up children to Aḇraham from these stones.
who were born, not of blood nor of the desire of flesh nor of the desire of man, but of Elohim.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of Elohim, these are sons of Elohim.
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of Elohim,
For the intense longing of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of Elohim.
“You are the children of יהוה your Elohim. Do not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead,
By belief also, Sarah herself was enabled to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the normal age, because she deemed Him trustworthy who had promised.