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1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
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1 I speak the truth in Christ--I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit--
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2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
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2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
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3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
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3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race,
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4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
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4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises.
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5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
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5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.
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6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect . For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
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6 It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
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7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called .
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7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned."
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8 That is , They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
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8 In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.
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9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come , and Sara shall have a son.
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9 For this was how the promise was stated: "At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."
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10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one , even by our father Isaac;
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10 Not only that, but Rebekah's children had one and the same father, our father Isaac.
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11 (For the children being not yet born , neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand , not of works, but of him that calleth ;)
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11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad--in order that God's purpose in election might stand:
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12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
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12 not by works but by him who calls--she was told, "The older will serve the younger."
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13 As it is written , Jacob have I loved , but Esau have I hated .
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13 Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
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14 What shall we say then ? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid .
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14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all!
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15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy , and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion .
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15 For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
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16 So then it is not of him that willeth , nor of him that runneth , but of God that sheweth mercy .
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16 It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
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17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up , that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
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17 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."
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18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth .
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18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
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19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault ? For who hath resisted his will?
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19 One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?"
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20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
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20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' "
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21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
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21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?
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22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known , endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
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22 What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath--prepared for destruction?
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23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
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23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory--
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24 Even us, whom he hath called , not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
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24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
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25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved , which was not beloved .
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25 As he says in Hosea: "I will call them 'my people' who are not my people; and I will call her 'my loved one' who is not my loved one,"
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26 And it shall come to pass , that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
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26 and, "It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.' "
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27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved :
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27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
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28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
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28 For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality."
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29 And as Esaias said before , Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
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29 It is just as Isaiah said previously: "Unless the Lord Almighty had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah."
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30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
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30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
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31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
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31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
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32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone ;
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32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the "stumbling stone."
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33 As it is written , Behold , I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed .
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33 As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame."
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