Romans 9:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and not all of Abraham’s children are his 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

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.

Luke 16:30

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

Luke 3:8

Therefore, bear fruits worthy of repentance, and 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 enslaved woman, 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 brothers and sisters, 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.”