Romans 9
1 I speak truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, that
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 I have great grief and unceasing anguish in my heart.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow 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 that myself were 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 [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], 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)
Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Not as though the word of God hath failed; for not all they that are of Israel are Israel;
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 nor because they are descendants of Abraham are they all children; but, “Thy offspring shall be reckoned from Isaac.”
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed 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, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9 For the word of promise is this: “At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”
For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10 And not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived by one man, our father Isaac,
And not only [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, [even] by 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,
(For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth; )
12 it was said to her, “The elder shall serve the younger:”
It was said unto 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 shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
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 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 dependeth not on him that willeth, nor on him that runneth, but on God who showeth mercy.
So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth 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 saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and hardeneth whom he will.
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Hence thou wilt say to me, Why then doth he still find fault? for who resisteth his will?
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath 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?
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou 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?
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
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] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to 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 had afore prepared unto glory,
24 whom he also called, even us, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the gentiles?
Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of 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 saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which 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 unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children 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.
Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children 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 he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
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 Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
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 shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 while Israel, which strove after a law of righteousness, did not attain to a law of righteousness.
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Why? Because they did not strive for it by faith, but as being by works. For they stumbled against the stone of stumbling;
Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
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 Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
