3 I wish I could be cursed, cut off from Christ if it helped my brothers and sisters, who are my flesh-and-blood relatives.
4 They are Israelites. The adoption as God’s children, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the worship, and the promises belong to them.
5 The Jewish ancestors are theirs, and the Christ descended from those ancestors. He is the one who rules over all things, who is God, and who is blessed forever. Amen.
6 But it’s not as though God’s word has failed. Not all who are descended from Israel are part of Israel.
7 Not all of Abraham’s children are called Abraham’s descendants, but instead your descendants will be named through Isaac.
8 That means it isn’t the natural children who are God’s children, but it is the children from the promise who are counted as descendants.
9 The words in the promise were: A year from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son.