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 do not speak falsely, my conscience bearing me witness, in the Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart—
that I have great grief and unceasing anguish, 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 my brethren, --my kinsmen, according to the flesh; (for I also was, myself, wishing to be accursed from Christ: )
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; whose are the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the rites of 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)
whose are the fathers; and from whom the Messiah descended, according to 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;
Now, it is not to be supposed that the promise of God has failed; for all the descendants of Israel are not Israel.
7 nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but, “in Isaac will a seed be called to you”;
Neither are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but "In Isaac shall your 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, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for 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 the word of promise was this, "According to this time, I will come, and Sarah shall have a son."
10 And not only [so], but also Rebecca, having conceived by one—our father Isaac
And not only this, but Rebecca, also, having conceived twins, by one, even Isaac our father;
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),
(they, indeed, not being yet born; neither having done any good or evil; that the purpose of God might stand, by an election; not on account of works, but of him who 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 I have loved, but Esau I have slighted."
14 What, then, will we say? Unrighteousness [is] with God? Let it not be!
What shall we, then, say? Is there not injustice with God?
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”;
By no means. 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."
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 who wills, nor of him who runs; but of God, who 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”;
Besides, the scripture says to Pharaoh, "Even for this same purpose I have roused you up; that I might show, in you, my power; and that my name might be published through all the earth."
18 so then, to whom He wills, He does kindness, and to whom He wills, He hardens.
Well, then, he has mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardens.
19 You will say, then, to me, “Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His counsel?”
But you will say to me, Why does he still 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?
Nay, but, O man, who are you, who reply against God? Shall the thing formed, say to him who 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 a just power over the clay, to make of the same lump one vessel to honor, and another to 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,
Yet God, willing to show his wrath, and make know his power, did bear, with much long-suffering, 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 had before prepared for glory:
24 not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,
even us, whom he has 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,
Even as he says, by Hosea, "They shall be called my people, who were not my people; and she 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, in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people; there they shall be called, 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;
Besides, Isaiah cries, concerning Israel, "Through the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only 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 was about to complete and hasten his work in righteousness; for a short work will the Lord make upon this 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 has said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like to Gomorrah."
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, who did not seek after justification, have attained justification, even a justification which is by faith?
31 and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at a law of righteousness;
But Israel, who followed a law of justification, have 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,
Why? Because they sought it not by faith; but, as it were, by works of law: for they stumbled, at the 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 place in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whosoever believes on it, shall not be ashamed."
