Romans 9
1 I say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing mee witnes in the holy Ghost,
I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me testimony in the Holy Spirit,
2 That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorow in mine heart.
That I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart;
3 For I woulde wish my selfe to be separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsemen according to the flesh,
for I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh;
4 Which are the Israelites, to whome perteineth the adoption, and the glory, and the Couenants, and the giuing of the Lawe, and the seruice of God, and the promises.
who are Israelites, to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;
5 Of whome are the fathers, and of whome concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God ouer all, blessed for euer, Amen. (aiōn g165)
to whom belong the fathers, and of whom is the Christ, as it respects the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Notwithstanding it can not bee that the worde of God should take none effect: for all they are not Israel, which are of Israel:
It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.
7 Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:
Nor, because they are the posterity of Abraham, are they all children: but in Isaac shall your posterity be called.
8 That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promise, are counted for the seede.
That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the posterity.
9 For this is a worde of promise, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.
For the word of the promise is this: At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Neither he onely felt this, but also Rebecca when shee had conceiued by one, euen by our father Isaac.
Not only so, but when Rebecca had conceived by one, even our father Isaac,
11 For yer the children were borne, and when they had neither done good, nor euill (that the purpose of God might remaine according to election, not by workes, but by him that calleth)
(the children, indeed, having not yet been born, and having done neither good nor evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls, )
12 It was said vnto her, The elder shall serue the yonger.
it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger;
13 As it is written, I haue loued Iacob, and haue hated Esau.
as it is written: Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall wee say then? Is there vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid.
What, then, shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with. God? It can not be.
15 For he saith to Moses, I wil haue mercy on him, to whom I wil shew mercie: and wil haue compassion on him, on who I wil haue copassion.
For he says to Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy; and I will show compassion to whom I will show compassion.
16 So then it is not in him that willeth, nor in him that runneth, but in God that sheweth mercy.
Therefore, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.
17 For the Scripture saith vnto Pharao, For this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp, that I might shewe my power in thee, and that my Name might be declared throughout al the earth.
For the scripture says to Pharaoh: For this very purpose have I raised you up, that I may show in you my power, and that my name may be published in all the earth.
18 Therefore he hath mercie on whome he will, and whom he will, he hardeneth.
Therefore, he has mercy on whom he wills to have mercy: and whom he wills to harden, he hardens.
19 Thou wilt say then vnto me, Why doeth he yet complaine? for who hath resisted his will?
You will then say to me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will?
20 But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
No, but rather, O man, who are you that dispute with God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed, it, Why have you made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter power of the clay to make of the same lumpe one vessell to honour, and another vnto dishonour?
Has not the potter power over the clay, to make from the same mass one vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
22 What and if God would, to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath, prepared to destruction?
What, then, if God, intending to show his wrath, and to make his power known, yet, in much long-suffering bore with the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction:
23 And that hee might declare the riches of his glory vpon the vessels of mercy, which hee hath prepared vnto glory?
and, that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he before prepared for glory, showed mercy to us,
24 Euen vs whome hee hath called, not of of the Iewes onely, but also of the Gentiles,
whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
25 As he sayth also in Osee, I will call them, My people, which were not my people: and her, Beloued, which was not beloued.
As he says also in Hosea: I will call that my people which is not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.
26 And it shalbe in the place where it was said vnto them, Ye are not my people, that there they shalbe called, The children of the liuing God.
And it shall come to pass, that, in the place where it was said to them: You are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.
27 Also Esaias cryeth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel were as the sand of the sea, yet shall but a remnant be saued.
But Isaiah cries concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 For he wil make his account, and gather it into a short summe with righteousnes: for the Lord will make a short count in the earth.
for his word he fulfills, and he decrees in righteousness; for his word that is decreed, will the Lord execute upon the land.
29 And as Esaias sayde before, Except the Lord of hostes had left vs a seede, we had bene made as Sodom, and had bene like to Gomorrha.
And as Isaiah said before: Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a posterity, we should have been like Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which folowed not righteousnes, haue attained vnto righteousnes, euen the righteousnes which is of faith.
What, then, shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not seek after justification, have obtained justification, even the justification which is by faith:
31 But Israel which followed the Lawe of righteousnes, could not arteine vnto the Law of righteousnes.
but Israel, who sought after a law of justification, has not attained to a law of justification.
32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the workes of the Lawe: for they haue stumbled at the stumbling stone,
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as if by works of law: for they stumbled against that stone of stumbling,
33 As it is written, Beholde, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone, and a rocke to make men fall: and euery one that beleeueth in him, shall not be ashamed.
as it is written: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense: and whoever believes on him, shall not be ashamed.
