See in Reader
13 lines
501 B
Markdown
13 lines
501 B
Markdown
# Connecting Statement:
|
|
|
|
Paul emphasizes that those who are born in the family of Israel can really only be a true part of Israel through faith.
|
|
|
|
# But it is not as though the promises of God have failed
|
|
|
|
"But God has not failed to keep his promises" or "God has kept his promises"
|
|
|
|
# For it is not everyone in Israel who truly belongs to Israel
|
|
|
|
God did not make his promises to all the physical descendants of Israel (or Jacob), but to his spiritual descendants, that is, those who trust in Jesus.
|
|
|