Romans 9:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

They which

Romans 4:11

Galatians 4:22

Are counted

1 John 3:1

General references

Genesis 25:5

Galatians 4:28

Bible References

They which

And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

Are counted

Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)

Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

General references

Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;

Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.