Romans 9
1 I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost:
I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 That I have great sadness, and continual sorrow in my heart.
that there is great sorrow to me and incessant grief to my heart.
3 For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,
For I would pray, that I myself might be an offering from Christ; in behalf of my brethren, my kindred according to the flesh:
4 Who are Israelites, to whom belongeth the adoption as of children, and the glory, and the testament, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises:
who are Israelites, of whom is the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises:
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all things, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
of whom are the fathers, and of whom is Christ according to the flesh. Who is over all, God blessed forever: amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Not as though the word of God hath miscarried. For all are not Israelites that are of Israel:
But not as that the word of God has been a failure. For these are not all Israel who are of Israel;
7 Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children; but in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
neither are the children all the seed of Abraham; but in Isaac shall thy seed be called;
8 That is to say, not they that are the children of the flesh, are the children of God; buy they, that are the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed.
that is the children of the flesh the same are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9 For this is the word of promise: According to this time will I come; and Sara shall have a son.
For this is the word of the promise, About this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.
10 And not only she. But when Rebecca also had conceived at once, of Isaac our father.
Not only so; but Rebecca also having cohabitation of one, our father Isaac;
11 For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil (that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand, )
for the children not having been born, neither having done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election not of works, but of him that calleth,
12 Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.
and it was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger:
13 As it is written: Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.
as has been written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid.
Then what shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? It could not be so.
15 For he saith to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; and I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy.
For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I do have mercy, and I will commiserate whom I do commiserate.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Then it is not of him that willeth, nor him that runneth, but of God who shows mercy.
17 For the scripture saith to Pharao: To this purpose have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing have I raised you up, that I may show forth my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
18 Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.
Then therefore he has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardens.
19 Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? for who resisteth his will?
Then thou wilt say to me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will?
20 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?
O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Whether shall the thing formed say to him that formed it. Why did you make me thus?
21 Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Has not the potter the right of the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction,
But if God, wishing to show forth his indignation and make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of indignation having been perfected unto destruction:
23 That he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared unto glory?
and in order that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared unto glory?
24 Even us, whom also he hath called, nor only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.
whom he called, even us, not only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles:
25 As in Osee he saith: I will call that which was not my people, my people; and her that was not beloved, beloved; and her that had not obtained mercy, one that hath obtained mercy.
as he says in Hosea, I will call them my people, who are not my people; and her beloved, who is not beloved:
26 And it shall be, in the place where it was said unto them, You are not my people; there they shall be called the sons of the living God.
and it shall come to pass, in the place in which it was said to them, You are not my people, there they shall be called the sons of the living God:
27 And Isaias crieth out concerning Israel: If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.
but Isaiah cries out in behalf of Israel, Though the number of sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.
28 For he shall finish his word, and cut it short in justice; because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth.
For perfecting the word and cutting it short, will the Lord do a complete work on the earth:
29 And as Isaias foretold: Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been made as Sodom, and we had been like unto Gomorrha.
and as Isaiah has before spoken; Unless the Lord of Sabaoth left to us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and would have been made like unto Gomorrah:
30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who followed not after justice, have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith.
Then what shall we say? That the Gentiles, not pursuing righteousness, received righteousness, and the righteousness which is from faith:
31 But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.
but Israel, following after the law, did not attain unto the law of righteousness.
32 Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.
Why? Because they sought it not from faith, but as it were from works: they stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
33 As it is written: Behold I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and a rock of scandal; and whosoever believeth in him shall not be confounded.
as has been written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
