Romans 9:8 · KJV
“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.”
— Romans 9:8
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, {are they} all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
For this {is} the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
Romans 9 — Context
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they {are} not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, {are they} all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8That 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.
9For this {is} the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10And not only {this}; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, {even} by our father Isaac;
Cross References
John 1:13
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Romans 4:11-16
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which {he had yet} being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Galatians 3:26-29
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Galatians 4:22-31
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
1 John 3:1-2
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Psalms 87:6
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, {that} this {man} was born there. Selah.
Psalms 22:30
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.