Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
I say [the] truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in [the] Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
that I have great grief and uninterrupted 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 have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to 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 law-giving, and the 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)
whose [are] the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, [is] the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. 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.
Not however as though the word of God had failed; for not all [are] Israel which [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 seed of Abraham [are] all children: but, In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.
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, [they that are] the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.
9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
For this word [is] of promise, According to this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.
10 And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac.
And not only [that], but Rebecca having conceived by one, 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,
[the children] indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls),
12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:
13 Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.
14 What should we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.
What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.
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 shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel 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 of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews 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, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst [men], that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.
19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"
Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose?
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?"
Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed 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?
Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?
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,
And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering 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,
and that he might 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?
us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst [the] Jews, but also from amongst [the] nations?
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 also in Hosea, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-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 to them, Ye [are] not my people, there shall they 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.
But Esaias cries concerning Israel, Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the 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] is bringing the matter to an end, and [cutting [it] short in righteousness; because] a cutting short of the matter will [the] Lord accomplish upon 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."
And according as Esaias said before, Unless [the] Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and made like even as 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 [they of the] nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but [the] righteousness that is on the principle of faith.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to [that] law.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
Wherefore? Because [it was] not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,
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."
according as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.
