Romans 9
1 Truth I say in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,
I SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart—
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow 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 that myself were 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 pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, 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)
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. 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;
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but, “in Isaac will a seed be called to you”;
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed 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, 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.
9 for the word of promise [is] this: “According to this time I will come, and there will be to Sarah a son.”
For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10 And not only [so], but also Rebecca, having conceived by one—our father Isaac
And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by 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),
(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 calleth; )
12 it was said to her, “The greater will serve the less”;
It was said unto 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 shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
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 saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 so then—not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness;
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth 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 saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 so then, to whom He wills, He does kindness, and to whom He wills, He hardens.
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 You will say, then, to me, “Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His counsel?”
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath 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?
Nay but, 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?
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?
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
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 if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to 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 had afore prepared unto glory,
24 not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,
Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of 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 saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which 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 unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children 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;
Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children 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 he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
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 Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30 What, then, will we say? That nations who are not pursuing righteousness attained to righteousness, and righteousness that [is] of faith,
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at a law of righteousness;
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 why? Because—not by faith, but as by works of law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
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 Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
