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 Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to 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 Israelites; to whom pertain the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
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.
Whose are the fathers, and from whom according to the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for 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 as though the word of God hath taken no effect. For they are not all Israel, who are descended from Israel:
7 Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, 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, They who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted 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 this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by 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,
( For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth; )
12 it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but 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 unrighteousness with God? By no means.
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.”
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
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 the scripture saith to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
Thou wilt say then to me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
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?”
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
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 power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?
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,
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
Even us, whom he hath 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 he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people; and her beloved, who was not beloved.
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.’”
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are 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;
Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon 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 as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
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 followed not after righteousness, have attained to 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 followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to 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,
Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
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 stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
