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
Are counted
General references
Bible References
They which
Romans 4:11
and he was afterward given the mark of circumcision as the stamp of God's acknowledgment of the uprightness based on faith that was his before he was circumcised, so that he should be the forefather of all who, without being circumcised, have faith and so are credited with uprightness,
Galatians 4:22
For the Scripture says that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl, and one by the free woman.
Are counted
John 1:13
owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God.
Galatians 3:26
For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through your faith.
Galatians 4:28
Now we, brothers, are like Isaac, children born in fulfilment of the promise.
1 John 3:1
Think what love the Father has had for us, in letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are. This is why the world does not know what we are??ecause it has never come to know him.
General references
Galatians 4:28
Now we, brothers, are like Isaac, children born in fulfilment of the promise.