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 do not speak falsely, my conscience bearing me witness, in the Holy Spirit,
2 that for me there is great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
that I have great grief and unceasing 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 my brethren, --my kinsmen, according to the flesh; (for I also was, myself, wishing to be accursed from Christ: )
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 are the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the rites of 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)
whose are the fathers; and from whom the Messiah descended, according to the flesh; who is over all, God blessed forever. 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 to be supposed that the promise of God has failed; for all the descendants of Israel are not Israel.
7 Neither are all Abraham's descendants truly his children. But, “It is through Isaac that your descendants will be called.”
Neither are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but "In Isaac shall your 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, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for 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 was this, "According to this time, I will 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 this, but Rebecca, also, having conceived twins, 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—
(they, indeed, not being yet born; neither having done any good or evil; that the purpose of God might stand, by an election; not on account of works, but of him who calls: )
12 it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.”
it was said to her, "The elder shall serve the younger";
13 It is just as had been written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
as it is written, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have slighted."
14 What then will we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be.
What shall we, then, say? Is there not injustice with God?
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.”
By no means. 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."
16 So then, it is not because of him who wills, nor because of him who runs, but because of God, who shows mercy.
So, then, it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs; but of God, who shows 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.”
Besides, the scripture says to Pharaoh, "Even for this same purpose I have roused you up; that I might show, in you, my power; and that my name might be published through all the earth."
18 So then, God has mercy on whom he wishes, and whom he wishes, he makes stubborn.
Well, then, he has mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardens.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever withstood his will?”
But you will say to me, Why does he still find fault, for who has 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 are you, who reply against God? Shall the thing formed, say to him who formed it, Why have you 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?
Has not the potter a just power over the clay, to make of the same lump one vessel to honor, and another to dishonor?
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?
Yet God, willing to show his wrath, and make know his power, did bear, with much long-suffering, the vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction.
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, on 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 has called; not of the Jews only, but also 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.
Even as he says, by Hosea, "They shall be called my people, who were not my people; and she beloved, who was not 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 come to pass, in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people; there they shall be called, 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,
Besides, Isaiah cries, concerning Israel, "Through the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant shall be saved.
28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth, completely and without delay.”
For he was about to complete and hasten his work in righteousness; for a short work will the Lord make upon this land."
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.”
And, as Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like to Gomorrah."
30 What will we say then? That the Gentiles, who were not pursuing righteousness, obtained righteousness, the righteousness by faith.
What shall we say, then, that the Gentiles, who did not seek after justification, have attained justification, even a justification which is by faith?
31 But Israel, who did pursue a law of righteousness, did not arrive at it.
But Israel, who followed a law of justification, have not attained to a law of justification.
32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
Why? Because they sought it not by faith; but, as it were, by works of law: for they stumbled, at the 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 place in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whosoever believes on it, shall not be ashamed."
