Reference: Seed, Seedtime
Hastings
1. Literal.
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Teacher, Moses wrote to us, That if the brother of any man may die, and leave a wife and have no children, that his brother must take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.
Did not the Scripture say, that Christ comes from the seed of David and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was?
But he is a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Then I say, Did God cast away his people? it could not be so. For I am indeed an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Then know that those who are of faith, the same are the sons of Abraham.
But the promises were spoken to Abraham and his seed. He does not say, And unto seeds, as of many; but as of one; And thy seed, which is Christ.
There is no longer Jew nor Greek, nor bond nor free, nor male and female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And so many as shall walk by this rule, peace and mercy be unto them, and unto the Israel of God.
Every one having been born of God does not sin; because his seed remains in him: and he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.