Romans 9
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
Truth I say in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart—
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
for I was wishing, I myself, to be accursed from the Christ—for my brothers, my relatives, according to the flesh,
4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
whose [are] the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ, according to the flesh, who is God over all, blessed for all ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Not as though the word of God has taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
And it is not possible that the word of God has failed; for not all who [are] of Israel are these of Israel;
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your seed be called.
nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but, “in Isaac will a seed be called to you”;
8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
that is, the children of the flesh—these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;
9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
for the word of promise [is] this: “According to this time I will come, and there will be to Sarah a son.”
10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
And not only [so], but also Rebecca, having conceived by one—our father Isaac
11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls; )
(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to [divine] selection, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling),
12 It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.
it was said to her, “The greater will serve the less”;
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
according as it has been written: “Jacob I loved, and Esau I hated.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
What, then, will we say? Unrighteousness [is] with God? Let it not be!
15 For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
For to Moses He says, “I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion”;
16 So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.
so then—not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness;
17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
for the Writing says to Pharaoh, “For this very thing I raised you up, that I might show in you My power, and that My Name might be declared in all the land”;
18 Therefore has he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardens.
so then, to whom He wills, He does kindness, and to whom He wills, He hardens.
19 You will say then to me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will?
You will say, then, to me, “Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His counsel?”
20 No but, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus?
No, but, O man, who are you that are answering again to God? Will the thing formed say to Him who formed [it], Why did you make me thus?
21 Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel to honor, and another to dishonor?
Does the potter not have authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honor and one to dishonor?
22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
And if God, willing to show the wrath and to make known His power, endured, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,
23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared to glory,
and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He called—us—
24 Even us, whom he has called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,
25 As he says also in Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
as also in Hosea He says, “I will call what [is] not My people—My people; and her not beloved—Beloved,
26 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 children of the living God.
and it will be—in the place where it was said to them, You [are] not My people; there they will be called sons of the living God.”
27 Isaiah also cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
And Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved;
28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make on the earth.
for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the LORD do on the land.”
29 And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like to Gomorrha.
And according as Isaiah says before, “Except the LORD of Hosts left to us a seed, we had become as Sodom, and we had been made like Gomorrah.”
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
What, then, will we say? That nations who are not pursuing righteousness attained to righteousness, and righteousness that [is] of faith,
31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at a law of righteousness;
32 Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;
why? Because—not by faith, but as by works of law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offense: and whoever believes on him shall not be ashamed.
according as it has been written: “Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and everyone who is believing thereon will not be ashamed.”
