Romans 9:7

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Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, 'Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.'

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  • Gen 21:12 : 12 But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'
  • Heb 11:18 : 18 even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'
  • Luke 3:8 : 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
  • Luke 16:24-25 : 24 So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' 25 But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.'
  • Luke 16:30 : 30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
  • John 8:33 : 33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?"
  • John 8:37-39 : 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place in you. 38 I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father." 39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.
  • Gal 4:23 : 23 But the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the son by the free woman was born through the promise.
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, glory in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 9:8-12
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    89%

    8 This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

    9 For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'

    10 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

    11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand,

    12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, 'The older will serve the younger.'

  • Rom 9:6
    86%

    6 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

  • Heb 11:18
    81%

    18 even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • Gal 3:7-9
    3 verses
    80%

    7 Therefore, know that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

    8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: 'All nations will be blessed through you.'

    9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    77%

    12 But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'

    13 'I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he is your offspring.'

  • Gal 4:28
    77%

    28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

  • Acts 3:25
    75%

    25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham: 'Through your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.'

  • Matt 3:9
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    9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

  • Gal 3:16
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    16 Now to Abraham the promises were spoken, and to his seed. It does not say, 'and to seeds,' as if referring to many, but, 'and to your seed,' meaning one, who is Christ.

  • Gen 17:19
    75%

    19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gal 3:29
    75%

    29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • Rom 9:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

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

    27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: 'Though the number of the children of Israel be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.'

  • Rom 4:16-17
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    73%

    16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

    17 As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

    18 And through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'

  • Gen 15:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3 And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir."

    4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir."

    5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."

  • 1 Chr 1:28
    73%

    28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

  • Gen 17:9
    73%

    9 Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
    72%

    34 Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

  • Ps 105:6
    72%

    6 Descendants of Abraham, His servant, children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

  • Rom 4:13
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    13 For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

  • John 8:39
    72%

    39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

  • Isa 61:9
    71%

    9 Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their descendants among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the Lord has blessed.

  • Gen 17:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations.

    6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

  • Gen 26:4
    71%

    4 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Acts 7:8
    71%

    8 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. Under this covenant, Abraham became the father of Isaac, and on the eighth day, he circumcised him. Isaac then became the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of the twelve patriarchs.

  • Luke 3:8
    71%

    8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

  • Gen 28:14
    71%

    14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and your descendants, all the families of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gen 21:10
    71%

    10 And she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.'

  • Heb 7:6
    70%

    6 But this man, who does not trace his descent from them, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

  • Gen 28:4
    70%

    4 May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.

  • Gen 17:21
    70%

    21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.

  • Gal 4:30
    70%

    30 But what does the Scripture say? 'Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.'

  • Gen 18:18
    70%

    18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gal 4:22
    70%

    22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.

  • Gen 25:19
    69%

    19 This is the account of the family line of Isaac, the son of Abraham: Abraham fathered Isaac.

  • Acts 7:5
    69%

    5 But God gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, even though at that time Abraham had no child.