That is, it is not the childrenof the fleshwhoare childrenof God,but the childrenof the promiseare regardedas descendants.
"Are we not reckonedby him as foreigners?For he has soldus, and has alsoentirelyconsumedour purchaseprice.
Posteritywill serveHim; It will be toldof the Lordto the [coming] generation.
The LORDwill countwhen He registersthe peoples,"Thisonewas bornthere."Selah.
and do not supposethat you can sayto yourselves,We haveAbrahamfor our father;for I sayto you that from thesestonesGodis ableto raiseup childrento Abraham.
whowere born,not of bloodnorof the willof the fleshnorof the willof man,but of God.
For all whoare being ledby the Spiritof God,theseare sonsof God.
The SpiritHimselftestifieswith our spiritthat we are childrenof God,
For the anxious longingof the creationwaits eagerlyfor the revealingof the sonsof God.
"You are the sonsof the LORDyour God;you shall not cutyourselves norshaveyour foreheadfor the sake of the dead.
By faithevenSarahherselfreceivedabilityto conceive,evenbeyondthe proper timeof life,sinceshe consideredHim faithfulwho had promised.
