mSee 1 Pet. 3:4
Genesis 32:28
28Then he said, a“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, ▼▼ Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
for cyou have striven with God and dwith men, and have prevailed.” Genesis 35:10
10And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; eno longer shall your name be called Jacob, but fIsrael shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel.2 Kings 17:34
34To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the rules or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, gwhom he named Israel.John 1:47
47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, han Israelite indeed, iin whom there is no deceit!”Romans 2:17
17But if you call yourself a Jew and jrely on the law and boast in GodRomans 2:28-29
28For kno one is a Jew lwho is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29But a Jew is one minwardly, and ncircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. oHis praise is not from man but from God.Romans 9:6
6But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,Romans 9:8
8This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but pthe children of the promise are counted as offspring.Revelation of John 2:9
9“‘I know your tribulation and qyour poverty ( rbut you are rich) and the slander ▼▼Greek blasphemy
of tthose who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
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