KJV 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;
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Romans 9:4
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;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
ASV 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;
YLT 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,
Surrounding context — Romans 9
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 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;
5 Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
οἵτινέςG3748 · hostis, hētiswho/whichεἰσινG1510 · eimito beἸσραηλῖται,G2475 · IsraēlitēsIsraeliteὧνG3739 · hos, hēwhichἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱοθεσίαG5206 · uhiothesiaadoption (as son)καὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoδόξαG1391 · doxagloryκαὶG2532 · kaiandαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιαθῆκαιG1242 · diathēkēcovenantκαὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoνομοθεσίαG3548 · nomothesialawκαὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoλατρείαG2999 · latreiaministryκαὶG2532 · kaiandαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐπαγγελίαι,G1860 · epangeliapromise
Cross-references
Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:Psalm 147:19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.Genesis 17:2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.Romans 9:6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:Acts 2:39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.Deuteronomy 7:6For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.Exodus 4:22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn:Hebrews 9:1Then verily the first [covenant] had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.Romans 8:15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.Hebrews 6:13-17For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,Psalm 89:3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,1 Kings 8:11So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.Acts 3:25-26Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.Deuteronomy 14:1Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.Jeremiah 31:33But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.Luke 1:69-75And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
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