That is, &c. We may paraphrase this verse, after the Gr.; "That is," (in view of both the Romans 9:6-7,) "the children of God" (it being implied in the Promise that Abraham's children should be also His,) "are not the mere bodily offspring of Abraham, no more and no fewer; rather, the children defined by special promise are taken to be the whole posterity in question."

children of the promise Perhapsin this phrase the Promise is quasi-personified; so St Chrysostom in Meyer. But see Luke 20:36 for a somewhat similar case. There the phrase "children of the resurrection" must mean "persons who partake resurrection glory;" but the special form of words is modified by the phrase "children of God" just preceding. So probably here the phrase "children of the promise," for "persons defined by the promise," is suggested by "children of the flesh" just preceding.

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