Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Messiah. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit
I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
that there is great sorrow to me and incessant grief to 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 would pray, that I myself might be an offering from Christ; in behalf of my brethren, my kindred according to the 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 of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the 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 of whom is Christ 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.
But not as that the word of God has been a failure. For these are not all Israel who are of Israel;
7 Neither, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”
neither are the children all the seed of Abraham; but in Isaac shall thy 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 the same are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the 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 the promise, About this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.
10 Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
Not only so; but Rebecca also having cohabitation of one, 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 the children not having been born, neither having done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election not of works, but of him that calleth,
12 it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
and 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 has been written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
Then what shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? It could not be so.
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 whom I do have mercy, and I will commiserate whom I do commiserate.
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
Then it is not of him that willeth, nor him that runneth, 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, For this very thing have I raised you up, that I may show forth my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Then therefore 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?”
Then thou wilt say to me, Why does he yet 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?”
O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Whether shall the thing formed say to him that formed it. Why did you make 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 the right of the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto 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,
But if God, wishing to show forth his indignation and make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of indignation having been perfected unto destruction:
23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory—
and in order that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared unto glory?
24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
whom he called, even us, not only of the Jews, 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.”
as he says in Hosea, I will call them my people, who are not my people; and her beloved, who is 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 in which it was said to them, You are not my people, there they shall be called the 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;
but Isaiah cries out in behalf of Israel, Though the number of sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, 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 perfecting the word and cutting it short, will the Lord do a complete work on the earth:
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 as Isaiah has before spoken; Unless the Lord of Sabaoth left to us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and would have been made like unto 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;
Then what shall we say? That the Gentiles, not pursuing righteousness, received righteousness, and the righteousness which is from faith:
31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
but Israel, following after the law, did not attain unto the 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 they sought it not from faith, but as it were from works: they stumbled over 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 has been written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
