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. My conscience confirms through the Holy Spirit that I am not lying when I say
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain 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 could wish that I myself were accursed, cut off from Christ for the sake 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;
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, 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)
To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, came the Christ, who is God over all, 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 as though the word of God has failed. For not all Israelites truly belong to Israel,
7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your descendants be called."
and not all of Abraham's children are his true descendants, but, “Through Isaac yoʋr descendants will be counted.”
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 the children of God; rather, the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
For this is what God promised: “About this time next year I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac.
Not only that, but when Rebecca had conceived by one man, our father Isaac,
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,
though her sons were not yet born and had done nothing good or evil, in order for the purpose of God's choice to stand (not because of works but because of him who calls),
12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 What should we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.
What then shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not!
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."
For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I 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 does not depend on human will or effort, but on God's 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, “I have raised yoʋ up for the very purpose of showing my power in yoʋ, so that my name might be declared in all the earth.”
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
So then, God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
Yoʋ will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist 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?"
On the contrary, O man, who are yoʋ to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why did yoʋ make 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?
Does the potter not have a right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
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,
What if God, although willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
in order to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he has prepared in advance for glory,
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews?
namely us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from 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 says in Hosea, “Those who were ‘not my people’ I will call ‘my people,’ and those who were ‘not beloved’ I will call ‘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 the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will 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 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will 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 settle the matter swiftly and justly; his sentence will be executed upon the earth without delay.”
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."
And just as Isaiah foretold, “If the Lord of hosts had not left us any descendants, we would have been like Sodom and become 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 were not pursuing righteousness have obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness that is by faith.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
But Israel, although they pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain a law of righteousness.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works of the law. They stumbled over 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."
as it is written, “Behold, I am placing in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, yet no one who believes in him will be put to shame.”
