Romans 9:8

For this is the word of promise,.... The following passage is the Scripture, which contains the promise concerning the birth of Isaac; which was the produce, not of nature, but of divine grace and…

They which are the children of the flesh - The natural descendants. These are not the children of God - Are not of necessity the adopted children of God; or are not so in virtue of their descent…

That is, They which are the children of the flesh - Whence it appears that not the children who descend from Abraham's loins, nor those who were circumcised as he was, nor even those whom he might…

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…

That is, &c. We may paraphrase this verse, after the Gr.; "That is," (in view of both the Rom 9:6-7,) "the children of God" (it being implied in the Promise that Abraham's children should be also…