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τοῦτ’plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 ἔστιν,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. οὐ τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article τέκνα τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article σαρκὸς ταῦταplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 τέκνα τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article θεοῦ,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς greek Masculine noun meaning: * A god or goddess * God ἀλλὰ τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article τέκνα τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἐπαγγελίας λογίζεται εἰς σπέρμα· |
| ESV |
This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
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| NIV |
In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.
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| NLT |
This means that Abraham's physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham's children.
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| KJV |
That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
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Romans 9:7 ← Romans 9:8 → Romans 9:9
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