Romans 9:6

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But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:

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  • Gal 6:16 : 16 And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
  • Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.
  • Rom 3:3 : 3 And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?
  • Rom 4:12-16 : 12 And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision. 13 For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power; 15 For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken. 16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
  • Rom 11:1-2 : 1 So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,
  • Heb 6:17-18 : 17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath; 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
  • 2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.
  • John 10:35 : 35 If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),
  • Isa 55:11 : 11 So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

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  • Rom 9:7-11
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    7And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

    9For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

    10And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

    11Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

  • Rom 9:24-27
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    24Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?

    25As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.

    26And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.

    27And Isaiah says about Israel, Even if the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the sea, only a small part will get salvation:

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    4Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

    5Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

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    1So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

    2God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,

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    29And, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.

    30What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

    31But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.

    32Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

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    6But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.

    7What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

    8As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.

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    10But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

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    28The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:

    29But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

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    7Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

    8And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

    9So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

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    28As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.

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    25For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

    26And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:

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    16But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

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    18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

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    9And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

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    9What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

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    16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

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    16So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.

  • Rom 11:11
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    11So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.

  • Rom 3:29
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    29Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles:

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    3And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?

  • Gal 6:16
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    16And on all who are guided by this rule be peace and mercy, and on the Israel of God.

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    6But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,

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    8So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.

    9You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

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    17My God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.

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    13For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

    14For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;

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    29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

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    21But as it is said in the holy Writings, They will see, to whom the news of him had not been given, and those to whose ears it had not come will have knowledge.

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    9Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand, to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; for they did not keep the agreement with me, and I gave them up, says the Lord.

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    19But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.