Romans 9
1 I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost:
I am speaking the truth in Christ, it is no lie. My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have deep sorrow
2 That I have great sadness, and continual sorrow in my heart.
and incessant anguish in 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 was on the point of praying to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen 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:
For they are Israelites; to them belong the sonship, the Shekinah glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law; the service of the temple, 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)
theirs are the patriarchs, and of them, as concerning the flesh, is Christ, 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:
It is not, however, as though God’s word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from Israel;
7 Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children; but in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
they are not all children of Abraham because they are Abraham’s descendants. The promise was, In Isaac shall thy posterity 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, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as his posterity.
9 For this is the word of promise: According to this time will I come; and Sara shall have a son.
For thus is the word of promise, According to this season I will come, and Sarah shall bear a son.
10 And not only she. But when Rebecca also had conceived at once, of Isaac our father.
And not only so, but when Rebecca was pregnant by our forefather Isaac, though one man was the father of both children,
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, )
and even though they were still unborn, and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election, not of works, but of Him who called,
12 Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.
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 it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid.
What shall we say then? that there is injustice with God? No indeed.
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.
His words to Moses are. I will have mercy on whom I choose to have mercy; I will have compassion on whom I choose to have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
So then it is not a question of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has 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, It is for this very purpose that I have raised you up, To show in you my power, And to proclaim my name far and wide, in all the earth.
18 Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.
So then 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 you will say to me. "Why does he still go on finding fault? Who can withstand 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?
"Nay, but who are you, O man, that replies to God? Shall the thing formed say unto him who formed it, "Why did you do me like this?"
21 Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Or has not the potter power over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for noble, and another for ignoble uses?
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 what if God, while intending to show forth his wrath, and to make known his power, yet endured, with much long-suffering, vessels of wrath, fitted to destruction?
23 That he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared unto glory?
And what if he thus purposed to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory?
24 Even us, whom also he hath called, nor only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.
Now such are we whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among 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 also said in Hosea. Those who were not my people I will call "my people," And her "beloved" who was 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 in that very spot where it was told them, "You are not my people," There they shall be called "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.
And in regard to Israel, Isaiah exclaims. Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, it is but a remnant of those who 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 the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
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.
Even as in an earlier passage, Isaiah says, Except the Lord of Sabbath had us some few descendants, we should have become like Sodom, and should have fared like 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.
What then shall we say? That Gentiles who never pursed righteousness have overtaken it, even the righteousness of faith?
31 But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.
But that the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law?
32 Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but thought to gain it by works. They stumbled at 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.
even as it is written. Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; but he that believes on Him shall not be put to shame.
