Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Messiah. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in the Holy Ghost, )
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
that great is my sorrow and unceasing the anguish in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Messiah for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh,
For could I myself wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, 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;
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the gift of the law, and the sacred service, and the promises;
5 of whom are the patriarchs, and from whom is the Messiah, as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
of whom are the fathers, and from whom as respecting the flesh Christ sprung, who is over all, the blessed God for evermore. 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.
Now it is not supposable that the word of God hath failed. For these are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your descendants be called."
nor, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed 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, not the children of the flesh, these are the children of God: but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.
9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
For the word of promise is this, At that time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac.
And not only so; but when Rebecca also had conception by one, even Isaac our father;
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 the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might abide, not from works, but from him who called; )
12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
it was said unto her, “That the elder shall be servant to 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 therefore? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
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 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 it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Well then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God who sheweth 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 saith to Pharaoh, “That for this very end have I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Well then, he hath mercy on whom he will, but whom he will he hardeneth.
19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
Wilt thou then say to me, Why yet doth he blame us? Who hath resisted 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, O man, who art thou that disputest against God? Shall the thing fashioned say to him that fashioned it, Why hast thou made me thus?
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?
Hath not the potter power over the clay, from the same mass to make one vessel for an honourable use, and another for a dishonourable?
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, willing to display his wrath, and to make known what is possible with him, hath borne with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted for perdition:
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the 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?
even us, whom he hath called, not only out of the Jews, but out of 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 also he saith in Hosea, “I will call her which was not my people, my people; and her which was not beloved, 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 it shall be in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called the 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.
But Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant 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 he will finish the account, and cut it short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord make on the earth.”
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 Isaiah had said before, “Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left unto us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrha.”
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 the Gentiles, who pursued not after righteousness, have attained unto righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
But Israel, pursuing after the law of righteousness, hath not come up to the 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;
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as by the works of the law. For they stumbled against that 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 lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence: and every one that believeth in him shall not be confounded.”
