Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
I say the truth in Messiah, and do not misrepresent; and my conscience beareth me witness in the Holy Spirit;
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
that I have great sorrow, and the sadness of my heart is unceasing.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
For I have prayed, that I myself might be accursed from Messiah, for my brethren and my kinsmen in the flesh:
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
who are sons of Israel, to whom belonged the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministration, and the promises, and the fathers;
5 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed for the ages (aiōn g165). Amen.
and from among whom, Messiah appeared in the flesh, who is God over all; to whom be praises and benediction, for ever and ever; Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.
Not, however, that the word of God hath actually failed. For all are not Israel, who are of Israel.
7 Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
Neither are they all sons, because they are of the seed of Abraham: for it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.
That is, it is not the children of the flesh, who are the children of God; but the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed.
9 For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
For the word of promise was this: At that time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
Nor this only; but Rebecca also, when she had cohabited with one man, our father Isaac,
11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
before her children were born, or: had done good or evil, the choice of God was predeclared; that it might stand, not of works, but of him who called.
12 it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
For it was said: The elder shall be servant to the younger.
13 Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
As it is written: Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
What shall we say then? Is there iniquity with God? Far be it.
15 For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Behold, to Moses also he said: I will have pity, on whom I will have pity; and I will be merciful, to whom I will be merciful.
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Therefore, it is not of him who is willing, nor of him who runneth, but of the merciful God.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
For in the scripture, he said to Pharaoh: For this very thing, have I raised thee up; that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Wherefore, he hath pity upon whom he pleaseth; and whom he pleaseth, he hardeneth.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
But, perhaps thou wilt say: Of what then doth he complain? For, who hath resisted his pleasure?
20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
Thou, thus! Who art thou? O man; that thou repliest against God! Shall the potter's vessel say to the former of it, Why hast thou formed me so?
21 Or has not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
Hath not the potter dominion over his clay out of the same mass to make vessels, one for honor, and another for dishonor?
22 What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
And if God, being disposed to exhibit his wrath and to make known his power, in abundance of long-suffering, brought wrath upon the vessels of wrath which were complete for destruction;
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
and made his mercy flow forth upon the vessels of mercy, which were prepared by God for glory;
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
namely, upon us who are called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles:
25 As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”
As also he said in Hosea: I will call them my people, who were not my people; and will pity, whom I have not pitied:
26 “It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”
For it shall be, that in the place where they were called: Not my people, there shall they be called: The children of the living God.
27 Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;
And Isaiah proclaimed concerning the children of Israel: Though the number of the children of Israel should be as the sand on the sea, a remnant of them will live.
28 for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
He hath finished and cut short the matter: and the Lord will do it on the earth.
29 As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”
And according to what Isaiah had before said: If the Lord of hosts had not favored us with a residue, we had been as Sodom, and had been like Gomorrha.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who ran not after righteousness, have found righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith:
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at the law of righteousness.
But Israel, who ran after the law of righteousness, hath not found the law of righteousness.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
And why? Because they sought it, not by faith, but by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone:
33 even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling-stone, and a stone of offence: and he who believeth in him, shall not be ashamed.
