 | Thomas Traherne - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 614 pages
...becaus they are the Seed of Abraham are they all Children but in Isaak Shall thy seed be 10 called. That is, they which are the Children of the flesh,...children of the Promise are counted for the Seed. For this is the Word of Promise, At this time will I com; and Sarah shall have a Son. And not only... | |
 | Bruce Caldwell - Religion - 2005 - 548 pages
...because they are the seed of Abraham; but,"In Isaac your seed shall be called." 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children...of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise: "At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son."... | |
 | William Huntington - 2005 - 342 pages
...minister of killeth; and his proselytes are (as Christ says) the children of hell, bastards, baseborn, children of the flesh: These are not the children...but the children of the promise are counted for the seed—for in Adam all die. The decree of Heaven has not brought such a minister forth (Zeph. ii. 2).... | |
 | Steve Wohlberg - Religion - 2004 - 449 pages
...Israel that is "in Isaac" is the Israel of God in the Holy Spirit. Paul concludes, "That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children...of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed" (Romans 9:8, emphasis added). "Counted as the seed" means that, although some may be Gentiles,... | |
 | Oss Ministry Inc - Religion - 2005 - 738 pages
...that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Romans 9:8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children...of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. Galatians 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the... | |
 | John Carroll Brown - 2005 - 489 pages
...because they are the seed of Abraham; but, "In Isaac your seed shall be called. " That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children...of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. In Gal. 4:21-31 Paul draws an allegory, Hagar was a bondwoman who was the mother of Ishmael,... | |
 | Morris Glen Bowers - Bible - 2005 - 509 pages
...physical Jew, of the Jewish race, but that does not make him the "offspring" of Abraham in God's sight. "They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God" (Rom. 9:8). "Know you therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham"... | |
 | Dudley Hall - Fiction - 2005 - 198 pages
..."Through Isaac shall your offspring be named" This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. "That seems pretty clear, doesn't it? God has been guiding history to this climactic... | |
 | Robert J. Karris - Religion - 2005 - 116 pages
...will." God's children are. For example, "This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants" (9:8). Paul's Scripture quotations come from Genesis 21:12; 18:10, 14; 25:23, the earliest... | |
 | Maxwell E. Johnson - Religion - 2005 - 2330 pages
...that descendants shall be named for you." This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants. What then are we to say? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! For he says... | |
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That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 
