8In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.


In Context

5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.

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

7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned."

8 In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.

9 For this was how the promise was stated: "At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

10 Not only that, but Rebekah's children had one and the same father, our father Isaac.

Romans 9:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8That 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:8That is to say, not they that are the children of the flesh, are the children of God; but they, that are the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:8That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8That is, they that are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:8That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8That is, They who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8that is, the children of the flesh — these are not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8That 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.