Romans 9
1 I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost:
I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
2 That I have great sadness, and continual sorrow in my heart.
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain 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 could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives 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; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, 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 from whom is Christ as concerning 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 it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of Israel.
7 Neither are all they that are the seed of Abraham, children; but in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
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 heirs.
9 For this is the word of promise: According to this time will I come; and Sara shall have a son.
For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 And not only she. But when Rebecca also had conceived at once, of Isaac our father.
Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by 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 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,
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 will serve the younger.”
13 As it is written: Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.
Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid.
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
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 said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I 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 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, “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.”
18 Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
19 Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? for who resisteth his will?
You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands 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?
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?”
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 hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honour, and another for dishonour?
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,
What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 That he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared unto glory?
and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
24 Even us, whom also he hath called, nor only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles.
us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from 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 also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not 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.
“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.’”
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.
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;
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 he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon 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.
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.”
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 shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
31 But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at 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 didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
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 stumbling stone and a rock of offence; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”
