Romans 9:9

Romans 9:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
• New International Version (NIV)For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”

Context of Romans 9:9

7Not all of them are true descendants of Abraham. God told Abraham, ‘It is only Isaac that I will call the father of your descendants.’ 8This means that not all of Abraham's children are really God's children. It is only those children who were born as a result of God's promise. Only they are the people that God calls true descendants. This is what God promised to Abraham: ‘At this time next year I will come back. Then Sarah, your wife, will have a son.’ 10Remember this too: Later, Isaac's wife, Rebekah, gave birth to twins. Those two sons had the same father, who was our ancestor, Isaac. 11And God spoke to Rebekah before her sons were born. God spoke before the boys had done anything either good or bad. God did this to show clearly that he himself was choosing one child. He was not choosing someone because of what that person had done. He himself decided who he would choose.

Romans 9:9 word by word

ἐπαγγελίας γὰρ ὁ λόγος οὗτος· κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἐλεύσομαι καὶ ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱός.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• the wordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• of promiseἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860
• Atκατάkata · according toG2596
• timeκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
• will I comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• SaraΣάρραSarrha · SarahG4564
• shall haveεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207

Cross-references for Romans 9:9

• Genesis 17:21But I will make my covenant with Isaac, not with Ishmael. At about this time next year, Sarah will give birth to your son, Isaac.’
• Genesis 18:10Then one of the men said, ‘I will certainly return to you at about this time next year. At that time Sarah, your wife, will have a son!’ Sarah was listening to all this. She was at the door of the tent, near to where they were talking.
• Genesis 21:2Sarah became pregnant. She gave birth to a son for Abraham when he was very old. This happened at the time when God had said that it would.
• Hebrews 11:11Abraham and his wife, Sarah, were too old to have children. But Abraham believed God's promise that they would have children. He trusted God to do what he had promised. As a result of his faith, God made it possible for him and Sarah to have a baby.

Commentaries on Romans 9:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9For this is the word of promise, etc. - That is, this is evidently implied in the promise recorded Genesis 18:10; : At this time I will come, saith God, and exert my Divine power, and Sarah, though fourscore and ten years old, shall have a son; which shows that it is the sovereign will and act of God alone, which singles out and constitutes the peculiar seed that was to inherit the promise made to Abraham. It should be considered that the apostle, in this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 The rejection of the Jews by the gospel dispensation, did not break God's promise to the patriarchs. The promises and threatenings shall be fulfilled. Grace does not run in the blood; nor are saving benefits always found with outward church privileges. Not only some of Abraham's 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 in sin, by nature children…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-33n this section, Paul addresses a serious question. Many Jews did not believe in Jesus. If God had promised salvation to Israel, how could Jesus truly fulfill God’s plan when so few Jews believed (9:1–5)? In response, Paul uses the Old Testament to show that God always planned to save only a remnant, that is, a smaller group within Israel (9:6–29). Paul also explains that many Jews did not accept Christ because they refused to trust in him (9:30–10:21)…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children--"Not in the line of mere fleshly descent from Abraham does the election run; else Ishmael, Hagar's child, and even Keturah's children, would be included, which they were not." but--the true election are such of Abraham's seed as God unconditionally chooses, as exemplified in that promise. in Isaac shall thy seed be called--(Ge 21:12).Read the comment
• Calvin’s Commentaries · v. 99. For the word of promise is this, etc. He adds another divine testimony; and we see, by the application made of it, with what care and skill he explains Scripture. When he says, the Lord said that he would come, and that a son would be born to Abraham of Sarah, he intimated that his blessing was not yet conferred, but that it was as yet suspended. (Genesis 18:10. The quotation is not from the Septuagint, but is much nearer a literal version of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 9:9

• Circumcision
• Covenant
• Predestination
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Continual
• Fault
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• Election
• Heredity
• Paul, the Apostle
• Quotations in the New Testament
• Romans, Epistle to the
• Sarah; Sarai

Commentaries on Romans 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings