Romans 9:7 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 9:7

Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

KJV

Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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Commentary

4 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS (253)

"Nor are all also sons because they are the seed of Abraham." This, evidently, was already being signified then in Abraham, when, though he had many sons — whom the Apostle calls sons of the flesh — the posterity of his seed was placed in Isaac alone, who was the son of the promise.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Neither because they are lineally the seed of Abraham, will it follow that they are all children of God - This did not hold even in Abraham's own family; and much less in his remote descendants. But God then said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called - That is, Isaac, not Ishmael, shall be called thy seed; that seed to which the promise is made.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Grace does not run in the blood; nor are saving benefits inseparably annexed to external church privileges, though it is common for people thus to stretch the meaning of God's promise, to bolster themselves up in a vain hope.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Are they all children - Adopted into the true family of God. Many of the descendants of Abraham were rejected. But in Isaac - This was the promise; Gen 21:12. Shall thy seed ... - Thy true people. This implied a selection, or choice; and therefore the doctrine of election was illustrated in the very commencement of the history of the nation; and as God had then made such a distinction, he might still do it. As he had then rejected a part of the natural descendants of Abraham, so he might still do it.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὐδ᾽	oud᾽	Nor	G3761 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
εἰσὶν	eisin	they are	G1510 →
σπέρμα	sperma	seed	G4690 →
Ἀβραὰμ	Abraam	of Abraham	G11 →
πάντες	pantes	[are] all	G3956 →
τέκνα,	tekna	children,	G5043 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	rather	G235 →
ἐν	en	In	G1722 →
Ἰσαὰκ	Isaak	Isaac	G2464 →
κληθήσεταί	klēthēsetai	will be named	G2564 →
σοι	soi	to you	G4771 →
σπέρμα.	sperma	offspring.	G4690 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 3:3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
leads to
- Colossians 2:11
  In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.
- Deuteronomy 30:6
  The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- Romans 7:6
  But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the…
- Galatians 6:13–15
  For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
- Romans 8:15
  For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Through
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
leads to
- Romans 9:7–8
  Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Hebrews 11:18
even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
leads to
- Genesis 17:19
  But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 21:12
  But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.