Romans 9:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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

⁸ 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)

⁸ 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

⁸ 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

⁸ 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.

Romans 9:8 Cross References

John 1:13

who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

Romans 8:14

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

Psalm 87:6

The Lord records, as he registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah

Psalm 22:30

Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord

Genesis 31:15

Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and he has been using up the money given for us.

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are children of the Lord your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your forelocks for the dead.

Matthew 3:9

and do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Romans 8:16

it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Romans 8:19

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God,

Hebrews 11:11

By faith, with Sarah’s involvement, he received power of procreation, even though he was too old, because he considered him faithful who had promised.