Romans 9
1 I say the truth in Messiah, and do not misrepresent; and my conscience beareth me witness in the Holy Spirit;
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 that I have great sorrow, and the sadness of my heart is unceasing.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I have prayed, that I myself might be accursed from Messiah, for my brethren and my kinsmen in the flesh:
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 who are sons of Israel, to whom belonged the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministration, and the promises, and the fathers;
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 and from among whom, Messiah appeared in the flesh, who is God over all; to whom be praises and benediction, for ever and 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, however, that the word of God hath actually failed. For all are not Israel, who are of Israel.
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 Neither are they all sons, because they are of the seed of Abraham: for it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Neither, 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 the children of God; but the children of the promise, are accounted for the seed.
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 was this: At that time will I 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 Nor this only; but Rebecca also, when she had cohabited with one man, our father Isaac,
And not only [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac;
11 before her children were born, or: had done good or evil, the choice of God was predeclared; that it might stand, not of works, but of him who called.
(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 For it was said: The elder shall be servant to the younger.
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written: Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated.
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there iniquity with God? Far be it.
What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 Behold, to Moses also he said: I will have pity, on whom I will have pity; and I will be merciful, to whom I will be merciful.
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 Therefore, it is not of him who is willing, nor of him who runneth, but of the merciful God.
So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For in the scripture, he said to Pharaoh: For this very thing, have I raised thee up; that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be proclaimed 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 Wherefore, he hath pity upon whom he pleaseth; and whom he pleaseth, he hardeneth.
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 But, perhaps thou wilt say: Of what then doth he complain? For, who hath resisted his pleasure?
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 Thou, thus! Who art thou? O man; that thou repliest against God! Shall the potter's vessel say to the former of it, Why hast thou formed me so?
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 dominion over his clay out of the same mass to make vessels, one for honor, and another for dishonor?
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 And if God, being disposed to exhibit his wrath and to make known his power, in abundance of long-suffering, brought wrath upon the vessels of wrath which were complete for destruction;
[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 and made his mercy flow forth upon the vessels of mercy, which were prepared by God 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 namely, upon us who are called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles:
Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 As also he said in Hosea: I will call them my people, who were not my people; and will pity, whom I have not pitied:
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 For it shall be, that in the place where they were called: Not my people, there shall they be called: The children 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 And Isaiah proclaimed concerning the children of Israel: Though the number of the children of Israel should be as the sand on the sea, a remnant of them will live.
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 He hath finished and cut short the matter: and the Lord will do it on 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 according to what Isaiah had before said: If the Lord of hosts had not favored us with a residue, we had been as Sodom, and had been like Gomorrha.
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 shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who ran not after righteousness, have found righteousness, even the righteousness which is by 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 But Israel, who ran after the law of righteousness, hath not found the law of righteousness.
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 And why? Because they sought it, not by faith, but by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone:
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 stumbling-stone, and a stone of offence: and he who believeth in him, shall not be ashamed.
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
