Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Romans 9:8
That is, They which are the children of the flesh, etc. Since
Ishmael, born according to natural laws, was not of the chosen race,
but Isaac, the child of promise, born contrary to natural law, because
the chosen people, it follows that the children of God are not the
children of the flesh, the mere fleshly descendants of Abraham, but the
children of the promise; those who are of the seed according to the
conditions of the promise. This argument is a reply to those who based
all upon their fleshly relation to Abraham: "We have Abraham to our
Father" (Matthew 3:9). In order to show this more fully Paul recalls
the incidents recorded in Genesis 18:10-14.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Romans 9:8
2 Thessalonians 2:13
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