Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying 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 I have 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 were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives 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 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, 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 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed 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 word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel that are of 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, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
Neither are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but "In Isaac shall your seed be called."
8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.
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 a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
For the word of promise was this, "According to this time, I will come, and Sarah shall have a son."
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
And not only this, but Rebecca, also, having conceived twins, by one, even Isaac our father;
11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but 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 elder will serve the younger.”
it was said to her, "The elder shall serve the younger";
13 Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
as it is written, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have slighted."
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
What shall we, then, say? Is there not injustice with God?
15 For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I 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 of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has 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 caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and 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, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
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 withstands his will?”
But you will say to me, Why does he still find fault, for who has resisted his will?
20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
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 Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
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, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels 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 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand 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 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from 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 them ‘my people,’ which 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 “It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children 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 concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who 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 he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
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 has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made 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 shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of 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, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
But Israel, who followed a law of justification, have not attained to a law of justification.
32 Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
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 even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”
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."
