Romans 9:7

That is, they which are the children of the flesh,.... This is an explanation of the foregoing verse, and shows, that by "the seed of" Abraham are meant, the natural seed of Abraham, who are born…

Are they all children - Adopted into the true family of God. Many of the descendants of Abraham were rejected. But in Isaac - This was the promise; Gen 21:12. Shall thy seed ... - Thy true people.…

Neither because they are the seed of Abraham, etc. - Nor can they conclude, because they are the natural descendants of Abraham, that therefore they are all of them, without exception, the children in…

The apostle, having made his way to that which he had to say, concerning the rejection of the body of his countrymen, with a protestation of his own affection for them and a concession of their…

neither because, &c. An illustration from manifest fact, to shew that an apparently inclusive promise may be limited. We may paraphrase: "Abraham's descendants, again, are not all his -children" in…