What else does Paul say belongs to the Israelites in Romans 9:4?
According to Romans 9:4, the Israelites possess the adoption or positioning, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises. Paul lists these as belonging to his kinsmen according to the flesh, the nation of Israel.
Les explains that Romans 9:4 is not an isolated idea; Paul says to his kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites, pertain the adoption or positioning, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law—which was also a covenant—the service of God, and the promises. Les emphasizes that God promised the nation over and over, and this stands contrary to world opinion about the people presently called Jews.
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;