Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience is testifying with me in the Holy Spirit—
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
I have great sorrow and unceasing distress 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 I keep wishing that I myself could be accursed away from the Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my physical relatives,
4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
the Israelites. To them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple 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)
The patriarchs are theirs, and from them came the Christ (the physical part), who is over all, God forever blessed. 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.
However, it is not as though the Word of God has failed! For not all who have descended from Israel are ‘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 Abraham's descendants; but, “in Isaac will 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, it is not the physical children who are God's ‘children’, but the children of the promise are regarded as ‘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 season I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
Not only that, but also when Rebecca had conceived twins by our forefather 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,
(though they had not yet been born, not having done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to election might stand, not 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 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 hated.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
So what shall we say, there is no injustice with God, is there? Of course not!
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 have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I 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 strives, 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.”
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you, 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 has mercy on whom He wishes, and He hardens whom He wishes.
19 You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has ever 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?”
Really now, just who are you, O man, to talk back to God? What is formed will not say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?
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, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for 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,
What if God, wishing to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience 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—
just in order to make known the riches of His glory on vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
even us whom He called, not only from the Jews but also from 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.”
As He also says in Hosea: “I will call the ‘not my people’, ‘my people’, and the ‘not loved’ (f), ‘loved’.”
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, ‘You 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: “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only 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.”
because He is finishing and cutting short an accounting in righteousness; yes, the Lord will impose a condensed accounting upon the earth.”
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 had said previously: “Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and we 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;
So what shall we say? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained to righteousness, namely the righteousness that comes from faith;
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
while Israel, pursuing a standard of righteousness, did not attain to that standard.
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 not? Because it was not from faith, but as from works of the law. They stumbled over the ‘stumbling stone’;
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: “Look! I am placing in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense, and no one who believes on Him will be put to shame.”
