Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
I am speaking the truth in Christ, it is no lie. My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have deep sorrow
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
and incessant anguish in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh,
For I was on the point of praying to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;
For they are Israelites; to them belong the sonship, the Shekinah glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law; the service of the temple, and the promises;
5 of whom are the patriarchs, and from whom is the Christ, as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
theirs are the patriarchs, and of them, as concerning the flesh, is Christ, who is over all, God, blessed forever, Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
It is not, however, as though God’s word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from Israel;
7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your descendants be called."
they are not all children of Abraham because they are Abraham’s descendants. The promise was, In Isaac shall thy posterity be called.
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as his posterity.
9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
For thus is the word of promise, According to this season I will come, and Sarah shall bear a son.
10 And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac.
And not only so, but when Rebecca was pregnant by our forefather Isaac, though one man was the father of both children,
11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
and even though they were still unborn, and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election, not of works, but of Him who called,
12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
it was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What should we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.
What shall we say then? that there is injustice with God? No indeed.
15 For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
His words to Moses are. I will have mercy on whom I choose to have mercy; I will have compassion on whom I choose to have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
So then it is not a question of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, It is for this very purpose that I have raised you up, To show in you my power, And to proclaim my name far and wide, in all the earth.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
So then he has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will, he hardens.
19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
Then you will say to me. "Why does he still go on finding fault? Who can withstand his will?"
20 But who indeed are you, a human being, to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"
"Nay, but who are you, O man, that replies to God? Shall the thing formed say unto him who formed it, "Why did you do me like this?"
21 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
Or has not the potter power over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for noble, and another for ignoble uses?
22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,
But what if God, while intending to show forth his wrath, and to make known his power, yet endured, with much long-suffering, vessels of wrath, fitted to destruction?
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
And what if he thus purposed to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory?
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews?
Now such are we whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles.
25 As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them which were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not loved, 'loved.'"
As he also said in Hosea. Those who were not my people I will call "my people," And her "beloved" who was not beloved;
26 "It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"
And in that very spot where it was told them, "You are not my people," There they shall be called "Sons of the living God."
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be kept safe.
And in regard to Israel, Isaiah exclaims. Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, it is but a remnant of those who shall be saved;
28 For he will fulfill the word and decisively in righteousness; because the Lord will carry out the word decisively in the midst of the earth."
for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
29 As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."
Even as in an earlier passage, Isaiah says, Except the Lord of Sabbath had us some few descendants, we should have become like Sodom, and should have fared like Gomorrah.
30 What should we say then? That the non-Jews, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
What then shall we say? That Gentiles who never pursed righteousness have overtaken it, even the righteousness of faith?
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
But that the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law?
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but thought to gain it by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
33 even as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock to trip over; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."
even as it is written. Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; but he that believes on Him shall not be put to shame.
