"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever."

Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?"

He is a Jew who is one inwardly; and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, and not by the written code. His praise is not from men but from God.

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Certainly not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one, "And to your seed," that is, Christ.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God.

No one who is of God practices sin, for God's seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.