...cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race. They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the...their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ" (Romans 9:3-5; I have used the Revised Standard Version here because the King James is obscure). In...

...or so it is usually interpreted. In 9 41., however, Paul does list a series of advantages. "To them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the...their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. Thus in the original homily, there was indeed a continuation of the list. the homily is exploring no...

...(Ex. 19:5). Such prayer has no need of pseudo-honors. It possesses its value in itself, just as do "the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving...according to the flesh, is the Christ" (Rom. 9:4-5). It is true, nonetheless, that when the Christian liturgy read these texts, it filled them with newness....

...quite explicit about Israel's continuing and abiding privileges: "They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the...according to the flesh, is the Christ" (Rom. 9:4-5). How different is Paul's attitude toward Israel from that of Matthew, Luke, John, and indeed from the...

...Christ, and therefore their many advantages were of no help to them: "They are Israelites and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship and the promises (ai eTtayyeXiai) ; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the...

...• entrusted with the oracles of Cod (3:2); • with a zeal for God (10:2); • to whom also belongs the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises . . . the patriarchs and . . . the Christ ... of whom also is the God over all! (9:4-5). Paul's reply...

...off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race.4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises:5 to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ,...

...off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race. 4They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; 5to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. God who is...

...was a privelege as well as a summons to service. Israel's was the law, the oracles, and the covenant, "and of their race, according to the flesh is the Christ" (Rom. 9:5). And who is to say that it will not have a time and place in the election of God again? "As regards...

...understand the State of Israel as evidence of God's enduring faithfulness to the Jewish people to whom "belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law [teaching], the worship, and the promises" (Rom. 9:4). Christians should repent of their active or...