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1 veritatem dico in Christo non mentior testimonium mihi perhibente conscientia mea in Spiritu Sancto
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I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
2 quoniam tristitia est mihi magna et continuus dolor cordi meo
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that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
3 optabam enim ipse ego anathema esse a Christo pro fratribus meis qui sunt cognati mei secundum carnem
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For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,
4 qui sunt Israhelitae quorum adoptio est filiorum et gloria et testamenta et legislatio et obsequium et promissa
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who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
5 quorum patres et ex quibus Christus secundum carnem qui est super omnia Deus benedictus in saecula amen
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of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
6 non autem quod exciderit verbum Dei non enim omnes qui ex Israhel hii sunt Israhel
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But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel,
7 neque quia semen sunt Abrahae omnes filii sed in Isaac vocabitur tibi semen
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nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, "In Isaac your seed shall be called."
8 id est non qui filii carnis hii filii Dei sed qui filii sunt promissionis aestimantur in semine
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That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
9 promissionis enim verbum hoc est secundum hoc tempus veniam et erit Sarrae filius
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For this is the word of promise: "At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son."
10 non solum autem sed et Rebecca ex uno concubitum habens Isaac patre nostro
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And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac
11 cum enim nondum nati fuissent aut aliquid egissent bonum aut malum ut secundum electionem propositum Dei maneret
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(for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),
12 non ex operibus sed ex vocante dictum est ei quia maior serviet minori
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it was said to her, "The older shall serve the younger."
13 sicut scriptum est Iacob dilexi Esau autem odio habui
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As it is written, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."
14 quid ergo dicemus numquid iniquitas apud Deum absit
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What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!
15 Mosi enim dicit miserebor cuius misereor et misericordiam praestabo cuius miserebor
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For He says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion."
16 igitur non volentis neque currentis sed miserentis Dei
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So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
17 dicit enim scriptura Pharaoni quia in hoc ipsum excitavi te ut ostendam in te virtutem meam et ut adnuntietur nomen meum in universa terra
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For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth."
18 ergo cuius vult miseretur et quem vult indurat
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Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
19 dicis itaque mihi quid adhuc queritur voluntati enim eius quis resistit
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You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?"
20 o homo tu quis es qui respondeas Deo numquid dicit figmentum ei qui se finxit quid me fecisti sic
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But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?"
21 an non habet potestatem figulus luti ex eadem massa facere aliud quidem vas in honorem aliud vero in contumeliam
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Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
22 quod si volens Deus ostendere iram et notam facere potentiam suam sustinuit in multa patientia vasa irae aptata in interitum
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What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 ut ostenderet divitias gloriae suae in vasa misericordiae quae praeparavit in gloriam
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and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,
24 quos et vocavit nos non solum ex Iudaeis sed etiam ex gentibus
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even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 sicut in Osee dicit vocabo non plebem meam plebem meam et non misericordiam consecutam misericordiam consecutam
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As He says also in Hosea: "I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved."
26 et erit in loco ubi dictum est eis non plebs mea vos ibi vocabuntur filii Dei vivi
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"And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God."
27 Esaias autem clamat pro Israhel si fuerit numerus filiorum Israhel tamquam harena maris reliquiae salvae fient
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Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved.
28 verbum enim consummans et brevians in aequitate quia verbum breviatum faciet Dominus super terram
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For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth."
29 et sicut praedixit Esaias nisi Dominus Sabaoth reliquisset nobis semen sicut Sodoma facti essemus et sicut Gomorra similes fuissemus
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And as Isaiah said before: "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 quid ergo dicemus quod gentes quae non sectabantur iustitiam adprehenderunt iustitiam iustitiam autem quae ex fide est
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What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;
31 Israhel vero sectans legem iustitiae in legem iustitiae non pervenit
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but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 quare quia non ex fide sed quasi ex operibus offenderunt in lapidem offensionis
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Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
33 sicut scriptum est ecce pono in Sion lapidem offensionis et petram scandali et omnis qui credit in eum non confundetur
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As it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."
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