Romans 9
1 I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
I say the truth in Christ, I lye not, (my conscience bearing me witness in the holy Ghost, )
2 I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
that I have great grief and continual sorrow in my heart:
3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
for I could wish that I myself were made a curse after the manner of Christ, for my brethren, my kindred according to the flesh;
4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
who are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the form of divine worship, and the promises:
5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen. (aiōn g165)
whose are the fathers, and of whom, as to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
Not that the word of God hath failed. For they are not all Israel, who are descended from Israel.
7 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
Nor because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children of promise: but "in Isaac shall thy seed be called."
8 So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
That is, not the children of the flesh are the children of God, but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.
9 For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
For this is the word of the promise, "According to this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son:"
10 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
and not to her only; but Rebecca also being with child by our father Isaac,
11 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
(when the children were not yet born, nor had done either good or evil, that the purpose of God according to his choice might abide, not on account of works, but of Him that calleth, ) it was said to her, the elder shall serve the younger:
12 not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
as it is written,
13 So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
"I loved Jacob and I hated Esau."
14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
What shall we say then? Is there injustice in God?
15 For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
God forbid! 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 does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
And the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, for this very purpose have I raised thee up, that I may shew forth my power in thee, and that my name may be declared through all the earth.
18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
So then He hath mercy on whom He pleaseth, and whom He will, He hardeneth.
19 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
Thou wilt say then, Why doth he yet blame us? who hath resisted his will?
20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
Nay but, O man, who art thou, that disputest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
Hath not the potter power over the clay, out of the same mass to make one vessel to honor and another to dishonor?
22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
And what if God, though resolved to shew his displeasure at last, and to make known his power, yet bore with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction?
23 What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
and that He might make known the riches of his glory in the vessels of mercy, which He hath prepared for glory?
24 including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
whom He hath also called, even us, not only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.
25 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My 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 and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
And 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 out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
And Esaias crieth out concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant shall be saved.
28 For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
For in finishing the account and cutting it short in righteousness, the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.
29 It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
And as Esaias said before, "Except the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and we had been made like unto Gomorrah."
30 What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
What shall we say then? that the Gentiles, who sought not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith;
31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
but Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness: why?
32 Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
because they sought it not by faith, but by the works of the law, for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone;
33 as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
as it is written, "Behold I lay in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence:" and again, "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed."
