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The Word of God Has Not Failed: Paul’s Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9 is unavailable, but you can change that!

In The Word of God Has Not Failed, Sherwood presents a fresh reading of Romans 9:6–29, focusing on Paul’s use of Scripture. Since this passage contains such a high concentration of Old Testament quotations, it is vital to explore how Paul understood and interpreted those texts. Only then can we really understand the thrust of Paul’s message.

said to her, “The elder will serve the younger”; 13 it is even written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated”! Romans 9:6–13 This chapter covers Romans 9:6–13, wherein Paul articulates the concern regarding whether God has broken faith with his people. On my reading, Paul repudiates the notion that God has rejected Israel, justifiably or no. Instead, he begins 9:6–29 by expanding upon God’s record of faithfulness toward his people, a faithfulness on which their existence and identity is predicated (and
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