Romans 9:6 “It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descend…”

Romans 9:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

World English Bible

But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.

American Standard Version

But it is not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:

Geneva Bible 1599

Notwithstanding it can not bee that the worde of God should take none effect: for all they are not Israel, which are of Israel:

Darby Translation

Not however as though the word of God had failed; for not all [are] Israel which [are] of Israel;

Young's Literal Translation

And it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who [are] of Israel are these Israel;

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“as though”

Romans 3:3 Numbers 23:19 Isaiah 55:11 Matthew 24:35 John 10:35 2 Timothy 2:13

Romans 3:3 · BSB

What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

Numbers 23:19 · BSB

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Isaiah 55:11 · BSB

so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

Matthew 24:35 · BSB

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

John 10:35 · BSB

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

2 Timothy 2:13 · BSB

if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

“they are not”

Galatians 6:16 Romans 4:12–16 John 1:47 Romans 2:28 Romans 2:29

Galatians 6:16 · BSB

Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.

Romans 4:12–16 · BSB

And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

John 1:47 · BSB

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

Romans 2:28 · BSB

A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

Romans 2:29 · BSB

No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

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

In context

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

7Nor 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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