...overwhelmed with astonishment at this display of Almighty power in raising Christ from the dead. Rom. ix. 5. "Whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning...Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever." This may be understood as an ascription of praise to God. God be blessed, or blessed be God, forever...

...* Rev. 2 : 23. find it written, " Unto the Son he saith, thy throne, O God, is forever and ever!"* "Whose are the fathers — and of whom, as concerning...Christ came, who is over all God blessed forever."! Bringing to view his original divine nature, and that miracle of love and condescension, by which he...

...faithful Abraham, who formed the Israelitish nation. Hence, says the Apostle Paul, speaking of his kinsmen according to the flesh — " Who are Israelites;...whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promisee: Whose are the fathers,...

...Israelites, — "to whom pertained the adoption, and the glory, and covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises: whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, the Christ came, who is over all ; God be blessed for ever!" The sentence, viewed in itself, will bear...

...translation. But more on this later. Even more daring perhpas is the rendering of Romans 9:5 King James: Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the...came, who is over all, God blessed forever, Amen. RSV: to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. God who...

...Christ of Israel: For I could wish that 1 myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple...

...belongeth the adoption as of children and the glory and the testament and the giving of the law and the service of God and the promises; whose are the fathers and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all things, God blessed for ever" (9: 2-5). Has God...

...Apostle of the Gentiles had the heart of a Jew : " For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the...are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came." Modern apostles, extolling Christianity, are found using a different one : they prefer...

...inspiration. God gave through prophets in Israel the very words of God. And so Romans 9:4 and 5 tells us: " Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption,...are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. " The covenants, the law, the promises were...

...Israel is called of God, "mine elect." This great distinction for Israel is recognized in Romans 9:4, 5: "Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption,...are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all God blessed for ever. Amen." God had great plans for Israel the nation,...