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 am speaking the truth in Christ. My conscience confirms through the Holy Spirit that I am not lying when I say
2 that for me there is great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain 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 I could wish that I myself were accursed, cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, 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.
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.
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)
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)
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.
It is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all Israelites truly belong to Israel,
7 Neither are all Abraham's descendants truly his children. But, “It is through Isaac that your descendants will be called.”
and not all of Abraham's children are his true descendants, but, “Through Isaac yoʋr descendants will be counted.”
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, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
9 For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come, and a son will be given to Sarah.”
For this is what God promised: “About this time next year I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 Not only this, but after Rebekah also had conceived by one man, our father Isaac—
Not only that, but when Rebecca had conceived by one man, our father Isaac,
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 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),
12 it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.”
she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 It is just as had been written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 What then will we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be.
What then shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not!
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 says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I 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 does not depend on human will or effort, but on God's 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 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.”
18 So then, God has mercy on whom he wishes, and whom he wishes, he makes stubborn.
So then, God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever withstood his will?”
Yoʋ will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist 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?”
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?”
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?
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?
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?
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,
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?
in order to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he has prepared in advance 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?
namely us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from 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 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.’
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 in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will 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,
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.
28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth, completely and without delay.”
For the Lord will settle the matter swiftly and justly; his sentence will be executed upon the earth without delay.”
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 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.”
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 Gentiles who were not pursuing righteousness have obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness that is by faith.
31 But Israel, who did pursue a law of righteousness, did not arrive at it.
But Israel, although they pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain a law of righteousness.
32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,
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,
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 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.”
