The word of God; his word of promise to Abraham and his seed.

Hath taken none effect; hath failed of fulfilment. The great error of the unbelieving Jews was in thinking that the covenant of God with Abraham bound him to save all his children, without respect to their own personal faith and obedience. This error the apostle now proceeds to expose.

Not all Israel; not all his natural descendants are, in spirit, true Israelites, to whom the promises of spiritual blessings were made. Galatians 4:29.

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