Romans 9
1 Truth, say I, in Christ, I utter no falsehood, —my conscience bearing witness 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 incessant travail in my heart;
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
3 For I could have wished to be accursed, even I myself, from the Christ, in behalf of my brethren my kinsmen 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, indeed, are Israelites, whose are the sonship, and the glory, and the covenants, and the legislation, and the divine 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—he who is over all, God, blessed unto the 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 It is not, however, as though the word of God had failed; for, not all they who are of Israel, the same are 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 Neither, because they are seed of Abraham, are all children, —but, In Isaac, shall there be called unto thee a seed.
neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 That is—not the children of the flesh, the same are children of God; but, the children of the promise, are reckoned as a 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, of promise, is this word—According to this season, will I come, and Sarah shall have 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, when, Rebekah also, was with child, of one—Isaac our father, —
And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac—
11 They, in fact, not being yet born, nor having practised anything good or bad, —in order that the purpose of God by way of election might stand, —not by works but by him that was 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 unto her—The elder, shall serve the younger;
it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 Even as it is written—Jacob, have I loved, but, Esau, have I hated.
Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
14 What, then, shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Far be it!
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For, unto Moses, he saith—I will have mercy upon whomsoever I can have mercy, and I will have compassion upon whomsoever I can 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 Hence, then, it is nor of him that wisheth nor of him that runneth, but of the mercy-shewing God.
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
17 For the Scripture saith unto Pharaoh—Unto this end, have I raised thee up, that I may thus shew in thee my power, and that I may declare my name in all the earth.
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 Hence, then, —on whom he pleaseth, he hath mercy, and, whom he pleaseth, he doth harden.
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say to me, then—Why longer findeth he fault? For, his purpose, who hath withstood?
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
20 O man! Who, nevertheless, art, thou, that art answering again unto God? Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it—Why didst thou 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 Or hath not the potter a right over the clay—out of the same lump, to make some, indeed, into a vessel for honour, and some for dishonour?
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—wishing to shew his anger and to make known his power—bare, in much patience, with vessels of anger already 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 In order that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy which he prepared beforehand for glory, —
and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
24 Whom he also called, even us, not only from among Jews, but also from among the nations, [what then?]
[even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
25 As also in Hosea he saith—I will call the not-my-people, My people, and the 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 shall be—in the place where it was said [to them]—not my people are, ye! there, shall they be called—Sons of a 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 Isaiah, moreover, exclaimeth over Israel—Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant, shall 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 complete and concise account, 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, even as Isaiah hath before said, —If, the Lord of hosts, had not left us a seed, as Sodom, had we become, and, as Gomorrha, had we been made like.
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, shall we say? That, they of the nations, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have laid hold of righteousness, —a righteousness, however, which is by 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 Whereas, Israel, though in pursuit of a law of righteousness, unto a law, have not attained.
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at [that] law.
32 Wherefore? Because, not by faith but as by works, [have they sought it]: they have 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 Even as it is written—Lo! I lay in Zion, a stone to strike against and a rock to stumble over, and, he that resteth faith thereupon, shall not be put to shame.
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.
