Romans 9:4 “the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divin…”

Romans 9:4

the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

World English Bible

who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

American Standard Version

who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

Geneva Bible 1599

Which are the Israelites, to whome perteineth the adoption, and the glory, and the Couenants, and the giuing of the Lawe, and the seruice of God, and the promises.

Darby Translation

who are Israelites; whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the service, and the promises;

Young's Literal Translation

who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

Bible in Basic English

Who 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:

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Cross references

“are Israelites”

Romans 9:6 Deuteronomy 7:6 Genesis 32:28 Exodus 19:3–6 Psalm 73:1 Isaiah 41:8

Romans 9:6 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 7:6 · BSB

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

Genesis 32:28 · BSB

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

Exodus 19:3–6 · BSB

Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

Psalm 73:1 · BSB

Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

Isaiah 41:8 · BSB

“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—

“the adoption”

Exodus 4:22 Deuteronomy 14:1 Jeremiah 31:9 Jeremiah 31:20 Hosea 11:1

Exodus 4:22 · BSB

Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

Deuteronomy 14:1 · BSB

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

Jeremiah 31:9 · BSB

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.…

Jeremiah 31:20 · BSB

Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

Hosea 11:1 · BSB

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

“and the glory”

1 Kings 8:11 Numbers 7:89 Psalm 63:2 Psalm 78:61 Psalm 90:16 Isaiah 60:19

1 Kings 8:11 · BSB

so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

Numbers 7:89 · BSB

When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.

Psalm 63:2 · BSB

So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.

Psalm 78:61 · BSB

He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

Psalm 90:16 · BSB

May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

Isaiah 60:19 · BSB

No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.

“covenants”

Genesis 17:2 Psalm 89:3 Genesis 17:7 Jeremiah 31:33 Genesis 15:18 Genesis 17:10

Genesis 17:2 · BSB

I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

Psalm 89:3 · BSB

You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

Genesis 17:7 · BSB

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Jeremiah 31:33 · BSB

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Genesis 15:18 · BSB

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Genesis 17:10 · BSB

This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

“the giving”

Psalm 147:19 John 1:17 Romans 3:2 Nehemiah 9:13 Nehemiah 9:14 Ezekiel 20:11

Psalm 147:19 · BSB

He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.

John 1:17 · BSB

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Romans 3:2 · BSB

Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

Nehemiah 9:13 · BSB

You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

Nehemiah 9:14 · BSB

You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

Ezekiel 20:11 · BSB

And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.

“the service”

Hebrews 9:10 Exodus 12:25 Isaiah 5:2 Matthew 21:33 Hebrews 9:3

Hebrews 9:10 · BSB

They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

Exodus 12:25 · BSB

When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.

Isaiah 5:2 · BSB

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

Matthew 21:33 · BSB

Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Hebrews 9:3 · BSB

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

“promises”

Ephesians 2:12 Acts 2:39 Hebrews 6:13–17 Luke 1:69–75 Luke 1:54 Luke 1:55

Ephesians 2:12 · BSB

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Acts 2:39 · BSB

This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

Hebrews 6:13–17 · BSB

When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

Luke 1:69–75 · BSB

He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

Luke 1:54 · BSB

He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,

Luke 1:55 · BSB

as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”

Also

Hebrews 9:1 Romans 8:15 Exodus 40:34 Deuteronomy 29:14

Hebrews 9:1 · BSB

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

Romans 8:15 · BSB

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Exodus 40:34 · BSB

Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

Deuteronomy 29:14 · BSB

I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,

5Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

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