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The Book of Romans, Chapter 9, Verse 6

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Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
King James Version
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:
American Standard Version
But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
New English Translation
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
World English Bible
But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
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Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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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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For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
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And not only [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac;
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(For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
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It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
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As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
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What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
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For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
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So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.