Romans 9
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me testimony in the Holy Spirit,
I am speaking the truth in Christ, it is no lie. My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have deep sorrow
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
and incessant anguish in my heart.
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
For I was on the point of praying to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
4 Who are Israelites; to whom [pertain] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
For they are Israelites; to them belong the sonship, the Shekinah glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law; the service of the temple, and the promises;
5 Whose [are] the fathers, and from whom according to the flesh, Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
theirs are the patriarchs, and of them, as concerning the flesh, is Christ, who is over all, God, blessed forever, Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken no effect. For they [are] not all Israel, who are [descendants] from Israel?
It is not, however, as though God’s word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from Israel;
7 Neither because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
they are not all children of Abraham because they are Abraham’s descendants. The promise was, In Isaac shall thy posterity be called.
8 That is, They who are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as his posterity.
9 For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
For thus is the word of promise, According to this season I will come, and Sarah shall bear a son.
10 And not only [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac,
And not only so, but when Rebecca was pregnant by our forefather Isaac, though one man was the father of both children,
11 (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)
and even though they were still unborn, and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election, not of works, but of Him who called,
12 It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.
it was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but 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] unrighteousness with God? By no means.
What shall we say then? that there is injustice with God? No indeed.
15 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.
His words to Moses are. I will have mercy on whom I choose to have mercy; I will have compassion on whom I choose to have compassion.
16 So then, [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
So then it is not a question of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
17 For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, It is for this very purpose that I have raised you up, To show in you my power, And to proclaim my name far and wide, in all the earth.
18 Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.
So then he has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will, he hardens.
19 Thou wilt say then to me, Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will?
Then you will say to me. "Why does he still go on finding fault? Who can withstand his will?"
20 No, 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?
"Nay, but who are you, O man, that replies to God? Shall the thing formed say unto him who formed it, "Why did you do me like this?"
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel to honor, and another to dishonor?
Or has not the potter power over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for noble, and another for ignoble uses?
22 [What] if God, willing to show [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
But what if God, while intending to show forth his wrath, and to make known his power, yet endured, with much long-suffering, vessels of wrath, fitted to destruction?
23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
And what if he thus purposed to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory?
24 Even us whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles.
Now such are we whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles.
25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them My people, who were not my people; and her Beloved, who was not beloved.
As he also said in Hosea. Those who were not my people I will call "my people," And her "beloved" who was not beloved;
26 And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said to them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called, The children of the living God.
And in that very spot where it was told them, "You are not my people," There they shall be called "Sons of the living God."
27 Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
And in regard to Israel, Isaiah exclaims. Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, it is but a remnant of those who shall be saved;
28 For he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
29 And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
Even as in an earlier passage, Isaiah says, Except the Lord of Sabbath had us some few descendants, we should have become like Sodom, and should have fared like Gomorrah.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles who followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith:
What then shall we say? That Gentiles who never pursed righteousness have overtaken it, even the righteousness of faith?
31 But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
But that the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law?
32 Why? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone;
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but thought to gain it by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone, and rock of offense: and whoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
even as it is written. Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; but he that believes on Him shall not be put to shame.
