Romans 9:8 says that “it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.” Instead of being born as God’s children, we are born in sin, which separates us from God and aligns us with Satan as God’s enemy (James 4:4; 1 John 3:8).
Warumi 9:8 inasema kwamba "si watoto wa kawaida ambao ni watoto wa Mungu, lakini ni watoto wa ahadi ambao ni kuonekana kama uzao wa Ibrahimu." Badala ya kuzaliwa kama watoto wa Mungu, sisi tumezaliwa katika dhambi, ambayo hutenganisha sisi kutoka kwa Mungu na kutuweka sisi pamoja na Shetani kama adui wa Mungu (Yakobo 4:4, 1 Yohana 3:8).