5Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
6But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
7And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.
8That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.
9For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.
10And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--
11Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,
