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Romans 9

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1 I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
1 I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit—
2 that I have great sorrow and continual pain in my heart.
2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
3 For I could wish that myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren, those who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,
3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race,
4 who are Israelites, to whom <em>pertains</em> the adoption <em>as sons</em> and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the law and the service <em>of God</em> and the promises,
4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises.
5 whose <em>are</em> the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh is the Christ, who is God over all things, blessed for all the ages. Amen.
5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God has been deficient. For not all the descendants of Israel are Israelites;
6 It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
7 neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are all sons, but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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.”
8 That is, Those who <em>are</em> sons of the flesh, these <em>are</em> not the sons of God; but those who <em>are</em> sons of the promise <em>are</em> counted in the generation.
8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.
9 For the word of the promise <em>is</em> this, At this time I will come, and Sara shall have a son.
9 For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 And not only <em>this</em>, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, <em>even</em> by our father Isaac
10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.
11 (for <em>the children</em> 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 calls),
11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand:
12 it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 What shall we say then? <em>Is there</em> injustice in God? No, in no wise.
14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all!
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.
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.”
16 So then <em>it is</em> not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that has mercy.
16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
17 For the scripture saith of Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
17 For 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 Therefore he has mercy on whom he will <em>have mercy</em>, and he hardens whom he will.
18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why does he become angry? For who shall resist his will?
19 One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?”
20 Rather, O man, who art thou to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed <em>it</em>, Why hast thou made me thus?
20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’ ”
21 Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour?
21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?
22 <em>What</em> if God, desiring to show <em>his</em> wrath and to make his power known, endured with much meekness the vessels of wrath, prepared for death,
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?
23 and making known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared unto glory?
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—
24 Even us, whom he has called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles!
24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.
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,”
26 And it shall come to pass <em>that</em> in the place where it was said unto them, Ye <em>are</em> not my people, there shall they be called sons of the living God.
26 and, “In the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ ”
27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel, Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant shall be saved;
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.
28 when the consumption comes to an end, righteousness shall overflow, because a short sentence will the Lord execute upon the earth.
28 For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”
29 And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of the hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom and been made like unto Gomorrha.
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.”
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, that is to say, the righteousness which is by faith,
30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
31 and Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal.
32 Why? Because <em>they followed it</em> not by faith but, as it were, by the works (of the law); therefore, they stumbled on the stumblingstone;
32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.
33 as it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock <em>that will cause some</em> to fall, and whosoever believes in him shall not be ashamed.
33 As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
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