Romans 9
1 I am speaking the truth in Christ. My conscience confirms through the Holy Spirit that I am not lying when I say
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 pain in my heart.
that I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed, cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen 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 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple 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 To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, came the Christ, who is God over all, 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 It is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all Israelites truly belong to Israel,
Not however as though the word of God had failed; for not all [are] Israel which [are] of Israel;
7 and not all of Abraham's children are his true descendants, but, “Through Isaac yoʋr descendants will be counted.”
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 the children of God; rather, 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 God promised: “About this time next year 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 Not only that, but when Rebecca had conceived by one man, our father Isaac,
And not only [that], but Rebecca having conceived by one, Isaac our father,
11 though her sons were not yet born and had done nothing good or evil, in order for the purpose of God's choice to stand (not because of works but because 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 she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:
13 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 then shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not!
What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.
15 For he says 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 does not depend on human will or effort, but on God's 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, “I have raised yoʋ up for the very purpose of showing my power in yoʋ, so that my name might be declared 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, God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.
19 Yoʋ will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose?
20 On the contrary, O man, who are yoʋ to answer back to God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why did yoʋ 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 Does the potter not have a right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
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, although willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted 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 in order to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he has prepared in advance 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 namely us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst [the] Jews, but also from amongst [the] nations?
25 As he says in Hosea, “Those who were ‘not my people’ I will call ‘my people,’ and those who were ‘not beloved’ I will call ‘beloved.’
As he says also in Hosea, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-not-beloved Beloved.
26 And in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons 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 sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
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 the Lord will settle the matter swiftly and justly; his sentence will be executed upon the earth without delay.”
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 And just as Isaiah foretold, “If the Lord of hosts had not left us any descendants, we would have been like Sodom and become 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 then shall we say? That Gentiles who were not pursuing righteousness have obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness that is by 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, although they pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain a law of righteousness.
But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to [that] law.
32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
Wherefore? Because [it was] not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,
33 as it is written, “Behold, I am placing in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, yet no one who believes in him will 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.
