Romans 9
1 Truth I say in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,
I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me testimony in the Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart—
That I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart;
3 for I was wishing, I myself, to be accursed from the Christ—for my brothers, my relatives, according to the flesh,
for I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh;
4 who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, 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 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)
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 And it is not possible that the word of God has failed; for not all who [are] of Israel are these of Israel;
It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.
7 nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but, “in Isaac will a seed be called to you”;
Nor, because they are the posterity of Abraham, are they all children: but in Isaac shall your posterity be called.
8 that is, the children of the flesh—these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;
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 the word of promise [is] this: “According to this time I will come, and there will be to Sarah a son.”
For the word of the promise is this: At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 And not only [so], but also Rebecca, having conceived by one—our father Isaac
Not only so, but when Rebecca had conceived by one, even our father Isaac,
11 (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),
(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 to her, “The greater will serve the less”;
it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger;
13 according as it has been written: “Jacob I loved, and Esau I hated.”
as it is written: Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What, then, will we say? Unrighteousness [is] with God? Let it not be!
What, then, shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with. God? It can not be.
15 For to Moses He says, “I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion”;
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—not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness;
Therefore, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.
17 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”;
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 so then, to whom He wills, He does kindness, and to whom He wills, He hardens.
Therefore, he has mercy on whom he wills to have mercy: and whom he wills to harden, he hardens.
19 You will say, then, to me, “Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His counsel?”
You will then say to me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will?
20 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?
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 Does the potter not have authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honor and one to dishonor?
Has not the potter power over the clay, to make from the same mass one vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
22 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,
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 He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He called—us—
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 not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,
whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
25 as also in Hosea He says, “I will call what [is] not My people—My people; and her not beloved—Beloved,
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 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.”
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 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;
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 a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the LORD do on the land.”
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 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.”
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, then, will we say? That nations who are not pursuing righteousness attained to righteousness, and righteousness that [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 and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at a law of righteousness;
but Israel, who sought after a law of justification, has not attained to a law of justification.
32 why? Because—not by faith, but as by works of law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
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 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.”
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.
