they are not all children of Abraham because they are descended from Abraham. No, it is through Isaac that your offspring shall be reckoned —
and had been told that it is through Isaac that your offspring shall be reckoned —
but while the son of the slave-woman was born by the flesh, the son of the free-woman was born by the promise.
We are the true Circumcision, we who worship God in spirit, we who pride ourselves on Christ Jesus, we who rely upon no outward privilege.
Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
"We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?"
'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone only goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
instead of presuming to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
Now you are the children of the Promise, brothers, like Isaac;