Romans 9:7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

and not all of Abraham's children are his true descendants; but “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”

Cross References

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you.

Matthew 3:9

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.

Luke 16:30

He said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

Luke 3:8

Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin 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.

John 8:33

They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, ‘You will be made free’?”

Galatians 4:23

One, the child of the slave, was born according to the flesh; the other, the child of the free woman, was born through the promise.

Galatians 4:28

Now you, my friends, are children of the promise, like Isaac.

Philippians 3:3

For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh—

Hebrews 11:18

of whom he had been told, “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”