Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I do not lie, and my conscience bears witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in the Holy Ghost, )
2 that for me there is great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
that great is my sorrow and unceasing the anguish in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself would be cursed and set apart from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race according to the flesh.
For could I myself wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh?
4 They are Israelites. They have adoption, the glory, the covenants, the gift of the law, the worship of God, and the promises.
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the gift of the law, and the sacred service, and the promises;
5 Theirs are the ancestors from whom Christ has come with respect to the flesh—he who is God over all. May he be praised forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
of whom are the fathers, and from whom as respecting the flesh Christ sprung, who is over all, the blessed God for evermore. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 But it is not as though the promises of God have failed. For it is not everyone in Israel who truly belongs to Israel.
Now it is not supposable that the word of God hath failed. For these are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
7 Neither are all Abraham's descendants truly his children. But, “It is through Isaac that your descendants will be called.”
nor, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God. But the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.
That is, not the children of the flesh, these are the children of God: but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.
9 For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come, and a son will be given to Sarah.”
For the word of promise is this, At that time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 Not only this, but after Rebekah also had conceived by one man, our father Isaac—
And not only so; but when Rebecca also had conception by one, even Isaac our father;
11 for the children were not yet born and had not yet done anything good or bad, so that the purpose of God according to choice might stand, not because of actions, but because of him who calls—
(though the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might abide, not from works, but from him who called; )
12 it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.”
it was said unto her, “That the elder shall be servant to the younger.”
13 It is just as had been written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
As it is written, “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
14 What then will we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be.
What shall we say therefore? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will 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 is not because of him who wills, nor because of him who runs, but because of God, who shows mercy.
Well then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God who sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I raised you up, so that I might demonstrate my power in you, and so that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, “That for this very end have I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
18 So then, God has mercy on whom he wishes, and whom he wishes, he makes stubborn.
Well then, he hath mercy on whom he will, but whom he will he hardeneth.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever withstood his will?”
Wilt thou then say to me, Why yet doth he blame us? Who hath resisted his will?
20 On the contrary, man, who are you who answers against God? Will what has been molded say to the one who molds it, “Why did you make me this way?”
Nay but, O man, who art thou that disputest against God? Shall the thing fashioned say to him that fashioned it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Does the potter not have the right over the clay to make from the same lump a container for special use, and another container for daily use?
Hath not the potter power over the clay, from the same mass to make one vessel for an honourable use, and another for a dishonourable?
22 What if God, who is willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience containers of wrath prepared for destruction?
But what if God, willing to display his wrath, and to make known what is possible with him, hath borne with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted for perdition:
23 What if he did this in order that he might make known the riches of his glory upon containers of mercy, which he had previously prepared for glory?
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before prepared for glory:
24 What if he did this also for us, whom he also called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles?
even us, whom he hath called, not only out of the Jews, but out of the Gentiles?
25 As he says also in Hosea: “I will call my people who were not my people, and her beloved who was not beloved.
As also he saith in Hosea, “I will call her which was not my people, my people; and her which was not beloved, beloved.
26 Then it will be that 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 unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called the sons of the living God.”
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the children of Israel were as the sand of the sea, it will be a remnant that will be saved,
But Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth, completely and without delay.”
for he will finish the account, and cut it short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord make on the earth.”
29 As Isaiah had said previously, “If the Lord of hosts had not left us descendants, we would be like Sodom, and we would have become like Gomorrah.”
Even as Isaiah had said before, “Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left unto us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrha.”
30 What will we say then? That the Gentiles, who were not pursuing righteousness, obtained righteousness, the righteousness by faith.
What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who pursued not after righteousness, have attained unto righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith.
31 But Israel, who did pursue a law of righteousness, did not arrive at it.
But Israel, pursuing after the law of righteousness, hath not come up to the law of righteousness.
32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as by the works of the law. For they stumbled against that stone of stumbling;
33 as it has been written, “Look, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. He who believes in it will not be ashamed.”
as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence: and every one that believeth in him shall not be confounded.”
