Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Messiah. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience testifying to me in the Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
that great distress is in me, and unceasing sorrow in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Messiah for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh
For I wished I myself to be accursed from the Christ, for my brothers, my kinsmen according to flesh,
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, of whom is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the divine service, and the promises,
5 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Messiah as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
of whom are the fathers, and from whom (according to flesh) is the Christ, God who is over all is blessed into the ages. Truly. (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.
But it is not as that the word of God has failed. For all those from Israel, these are not Israel,
7 Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
nor, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children, rather, In Isaac a seed will be called for thee.
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, these are not children of God, instead, the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.
9 For this is a word of promise: “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
For this is the word of promise: At this time I will come, and there will be a son by Sarah.
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
And not only so, but also Rebecca having bed from one man, our father Isaac
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,
(for not yet having been born, nor having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to selection might remain, not from works, but from him who calls),
12 it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
it was said to her, The older will serve the younger.
13 Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I regarded inferior.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
What will we say then? Is there injustice from God? May it not happen!
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.”
For he says to Moses, I will be merciful to whom I may be merciful, and I will be compassionate to whomever I may be compassionate.
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 is merciful.
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.”
For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this same thing I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
So then he is merciful to 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?”
Thou will say to me therefore, Why does he still find fault? For who has resisted his purpose?
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?”
Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way?
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?
Or has the potter no right over the clay, from the same lump certainly to make this vessel for esteem, and that for disesteem?
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,
And if God, wanting to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
even that he might make known the wealth of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he previously prepared for glory,
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
namely us whom he called, not only from Jews but also from 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.”
As also he says in Hosea, I will call those not my people, my people, and her who was not beloved, 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 will be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there they will 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;
And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will 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.”
Since he is completing and finishing quickly a matter in righteousness, because a matter that has been cut short upon the earth, the Lord will perform.
29 As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”
And just as Isaiah has foretold, Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and would have been made like 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 will we say then? That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness from faith.
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
But Israel who pursued a law of righteousness, did not arrive to a law of righteousness.
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 it was not from faith but as from 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.”
just as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And every man who believes in him will not be shamed.
