Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? For he has sold us and has certainly spent our purchase price.
Romans 9:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised That is, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but the children of the promise are considered to be the offspring. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That is to say, not they that are the children of the flesh, are the children of God; but they, that are the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed. |
Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? For he has sold us and has certainly spent our purchase price.
And don’t presume to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father.” For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.
The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,
For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed.
‘You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,
By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the one who had promised was faithful.