concerning His Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

For the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be according to grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the seed, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all—

In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “So shall your seed be.”

nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s seed, but: “through Isaac your seed will be named.”

That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are considered as seed.

And just as Isaiah foretold, “Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left to us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.”

I say then, has God rejected His people? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.