Romans 9
1 I speak truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, that
I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me testimony in the Holy Spirit,
2 I have great grief and unceasing anguish in my heart.
That I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart;
3 For I could wish to be myself accursed and cast out from Christ in behalf of my brethren, my kinsmen as to the flesh;
for I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh;
4 who are Israelites; whom God adopted as sons, whose was the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service of the sanctuary, and the promises;
who are Israelites, to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;
5 whose are the fathers, and from whom, as to the flesh, was the Christ. He who is over all, God, be blessed for ever! Amen. (aiōn g165)
to whom belong the fathers, and of whom is the Christ, as it respects the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Not as though the word of God hath failed; for not all they that are of Israel are Israel;
It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.
7 nor because they are descendants of Abraham are they all children; but, “Thy offspring shall be reckoned from Isaac.”
Nor, because they are the posterity of Abraham, are they all children: but in Isaac shall your posterity be called.
8 That is, not the children by natural descent are children of God, but the children to whom the promise is made are accounted as the offspring.
That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the posterity.
9 For the word of promise is this: “At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”
For the word of the promise is this: At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 And not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived by one man, our father Isaac,
Not only so, but when Rebecca had conceived by one, even our father Isaac,
11 before the children were born, or had done any thing good or evil, to the end that God's purpose according to election might stand, not depending on works, but on the will of him that calleth,
(the children, indeed, having not yet been born, and having done neither good nor evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls, )
12 it was said to her, “The elder shall serve the younger:”
it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger;
13 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 then shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Far be it!
What, then, shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with. God? It can not be.
15 For he saith to Moses, “On whom I have mercy, on him will I have mercy; and on whom I have compassion, on him will I have compassion.”
For he says to Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy; and I will show compassion to whom I will show compassion.
16 So then it dependeth not on him that willeth, nor on him that runneth, but on God who showeth mercy.
Therefore, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.
17 For the Scripture saith to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show forth my power in thee, and that my name might be made known in all the earth.”
For the scripture says to Pharaoh: For this very purpose have I raised you up, that I may show in you my power, and that my name may be published in all the earth.
18 So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and hardeneth whom he will.
Therefore, he has mercy on whom he wills to have mercy: and whom he wills to harden, he hardens.
19 Hence thou wilt say to me, Why then doth he still find fault? for who resisteth his will?
You will then say to me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will?
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that makest answer to God? Shall the thing that is wrought say to the workman, Why hast thou made me thus?
No, but rather, O man, who are you that dispute with God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed, it, Why have you made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter a right out of the same lump of clay to make one vessel for an honorable use, and another for a dishonorable?
Has not the potter power over the clay, to make from the same mass one vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
22 What if God endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, purposing to manifest his wrath and to make known his power;
What, then, if God, intending to show his wrath, and to make his power known, yet, in much long-suffering bore with the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction:
23 purposing also to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
and, that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he before prepared for glory, showed mercy to us,
24 whom he also called, even us, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the gentiles?
whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
25 as he also saith in Hosea, “I will call that my people, which was not my people; and her beloved, that was not beloved.
As he says also in Hosea: I will call that my people which is not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.
26 And it shall be, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called sons of the living God.”
And it shall come to pass, that, in the place where it was said to them: You are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.
27 But Isaiah crieth out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
But Isaiah cries 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 is accomplishing his word and speedily fulfilling it in righteousness; for a speedily fulfilled word will the Lord execute upon the earth.”
for his word he fulfills, and he decrees in righteousness; for his word that is decreed, will the Lord execute upon the land.
29 And as Isaiah hath said before, “Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.”
And as Isaiah said before: Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a posterity, we should have been like Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
30 What then shall we say? That the gentiles, who did not strive after righteousness, obtained righteousness, but a righteousness which is of faith;
What, then, shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not seek after justification, have obtained justification, even the justification which is by faith:
31 while Israel, which strove after a law of righteousness, did not attain to a law of righteousness.
but Israel, who sought after a law of justification, has not attained to a law of justification.
32 Why? Because they did not strive for it by faith, but as being by works. For they stumbled against the stone of stumbling;
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as if by works of law: for they stumbled against that stone of stumbling,
33 as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; and he that believeth in him shall not be put to shame.”
as it is written: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense: and whoever believes on him, shall not be ashamed.
