Romans 9
1 Truth I say in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart—
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
3 for I was wishing, I myself, to be accursed from the Christ—for my brothers, my relatives, according to the flesh,
For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
5 whose [are] the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ, according to the flesh, who is God over all, blessed for all ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)
whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 And it is not possible that the word of God has failed; for not all who [are] of Israel are these of Israel;
But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
7 nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but, “in Isaac will a seed be called to you”;
neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 that is, the children of the flesh—these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;
That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.
9 for the word of promise [is] this: “According to this time I will come, and there will be to Sarah a son.”
For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10 And not only [so], but also Rebecca, having conceived by one—our father Isaac
And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac—
11 (for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to [divine] selection, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling),
for [the children] 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 that calleth,
12 it was said to her, “The greater will serve the less”;
it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 according as it has been written: “Jacob I loved, and Esau I hated.”
Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
14 What, then, will we say? Unrighteousness [is] with God? Let it not be!
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For to Moses He says, “I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion”;
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
16 so then—not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness;
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
17 for the Writing says to Pharaoh, “For this very thing I raised you up, that I might show in you My power, and that My Name might be declared in all the land”;
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.
18 so then, to whom He wills, He does kindness, and to whom He wills, He hardens.
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 You will say, then, to me, “Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His counsel?”
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
20 No, but, O man, who are you that are answering again to God? Will the thing formed say to Him who formed [it], Why did you make me thus?
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
21 Does the potter not have authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honor and one to dishonor?
Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
22 And if God, willing to show the wrath and to make known His power, endured, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,
What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He called—us—
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
24 not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,
[even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
25 as also in Hosea He says, “I will call what [is] not My people—My people; and her not beloved—Beloved,
As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
26 and it will be—in the place where it was said to them, You [are] not My people; there they will be called sons of the living God.”
And it shall be, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
27 And Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved;
And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:
28 for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the LORD do on the land.”
for the Lord will execute [his] word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
29 And according as Isaiah says before, “Except the LORD of Hosts left to us a seed, we had become as Sodom, and we had been made like Gomorrah.”
And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.
30 What, then, will we say? That nations who are not pursuing righteousness attained to righteousness, and righteousness that [is] of faith,
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
31 and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at a law of righteousness;
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law.
32 why? Because—not by faith, but as by works of law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
33 according as it has been written: “Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and everyone who is believing thereon will not be ashamed.”
even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
