Romans 9:6

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Summary

Romans 9:6

Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

As though

They are not

Bible References

As though

What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?

I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

“God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent;

Has He said, and will He not do it?

Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,

They are not

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”

And those who will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.