Reference: Seed, Seedtime
Hastings
1. Literal.
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Teacher, Moses wrote to us, "If a mans brother die, and leave a wife and no child, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother."
Hath not the Scripture said, that the Christ cometh from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?
but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, spiritual, not literal, whose praise is not of men, but of God.
I say then, Hath God cast off his people? Far be it I For I myself am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Know then that they who have faith, these are the sons of Abraham.
But the promises were made to Abraham and "to his offspring." He doth not say, "and to offsprings," as speaking of many, but, as speaking of one, "and to thy offspring," which is Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is no male and female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus;
And as many as walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Whoever hath been born of God doth not commit sin, because his seed abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been born of God.