SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:8
Quiere decir: No los que son hijos de la carne, son los hijos de Dios; sino los que son hijos de la promesa, stos son contados en la generacin.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 9:8
Verse 8. 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 expect and desire, are therefore the Church and people of God; but those who are made children by the good pleasure and promise of God, as Isaac was, are alone to be accounted for the seed with whom the covenant was established.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. That is, they which are the children of the flesh , etc..] 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 after the flesh, or descend from him by carnal generation: these are not the children of God ; that is, not all of them, nor any of them, on account of their being children of the flesh, or Abraham's natural seed; for adoption does not come this way; men do not commence children of God by their fleshly descent; they are not born of blood, but of God, who are the sons of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed ; tyrb ynb children of the covenant, is a common phrase with the Jews; who reckoned themselves as such, because they were the seed of Abraham: thus in their prayers they say to God, we are thy people, tyrb ynb , the children of thy covenant, the children of Abraham thy friend. And so they were the children of the covenant, or promise, which God made with Abraham and his natural seed, respecting the land of Canaan, and their enjoyment of temporal good things in it; but they were not all of them the children of the promise, which God made to Abraham and his spiritual seed, whether Jews or Gentiles, respecting spiritual and eternal things; to whom alone the promises of God, being their God in a spiritual sense, of spiritual and eternal salvation by Christ, and of the grace of the Spirit of God, and of eternal life belong; and who are the seed which were promised to Abraham by God, saying, thou shalt be a father of many nations, ( Genesis 17:4): for which reasons, because these spiritual promises belong to them, and because they themselves were promised to Abraham, as his children, therefore they are called children of the promise: or rather, because as Isaac was a child of promise, being born after the Spirit, by virtue of the promise of God, through his divine power and goodness, when there were no ground or foundation in nature, for Abraham and Sarah to hope for a son; so these are called children of promise, ( Galatians 4:28), because they are born again, not through the power of nature, and strength of their own free will; they are not born of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God, according to the will of God and his abundant mercy, by the word of truth, through his power, Spirit, and grace; and by faith receive the promises made unto them; and are counted and reckoned as Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise, ( Galatians 3:29), whether they be Jews, or whether they be Gentiles: and since now the promises of God are all made good to these persons, the word of God is not without effect, or is not made void, by the casting off the children of the flesh, or the carnal seed of Abraham, who were not children of the promise in the sense now given.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-13 - The rejection of the Jews by the gospel dispensation, did not brea God's promise to the patriarchs. The promises and threatenings shall be fulfilled. Grace does not run in the blood; nor are saving benefit always found with outward church privileges. Not only some of Abraham' seed were chosen, and others not, but God therein wrought according to the counsel of his own will. God foresaw both Esau and Jacob as born i sin, by nature children of wrath even as others. If left to themselve they would have continued in sin through life; but for wise and holy reasons, not made known to us, he purposed to change Jacob's heart, an to leave Esau to his perverseness. This instance of Esau and Jaco throws light upon the Divine conduct to the fallen race of man. The whole Scripture shows the difference between the professed Christia and the real believer. Outward privileges are bestowed on many who ar not the children of God. There is, however, full encouragement to diligent use of the means of grace which God has appointed.
Greek Textus Receptus
τουτ 5124 D-NSN εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S ου 3756 PRT-N τα 3588 T-NPN τεκνα 5043 N-NPN της 3588 T-GSF σαρκος 4561 N-GSF ταυτα 5023 D-NPN τεκνα 5043 N-NPN του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM αλλα 235 CONJ τα 3588 T-NPN τεκνα 5043 N-NPN της 3588 T-GSF επαγγελιας 1860 N-GSF λογιζεται 3049 5736 V-PNI-3S εις 1519 PREP σπερμα 4690 N-ASN
Vincent's NT Word Studies
8. That is. The Old-Testament saying amounts to this.Children of the promise. Originating from the divine promise. See Gal. iv. 23.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
9:8 {The children of the promise} (ta tekna tes epaggelias). Not through Ishmael, but through Isaac. Only the children of the promise are "children of God" (tekna tou qeou) in the full sense. He is not speaking of Christians here, but simply showing that the privileges of the Jews were not due to their physical descent from Abraham. Cf. #Lu 3:8.
