They are Israelites,(A) and to them belong the adoption,(B) the glory,(C) the covenants,(D) the giving of the law,(E) the temple service,(F) and the promises.(G) The ancestors are theirs,(H) and from them, by physical descent,[a] came the Christ,(I) who is God(J) over all,(K) praised forever.[b](L) Amen.

God’s Gracious Election of Israel

Now it is not as though the word of God has failed,(M) because not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(N)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:5 Lit them, according to the flesh
  2. 9:5 Or the Messiah, the one who is over all, the God who is blessed forever, or Messiah. God, who is over all, be blessed forever

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