Romans 9

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1 I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie; my conscience joins with the holy Spirit in bearing me witness	1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 that I have great sorrow and constant anguish in my heart.	2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and separated from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kin according to the flesh.	3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 They are Israelites; theirs the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;	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;
5 theirs the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Messiah. God who is over all be blessed forever. Amen.	5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 But it is not that the word of God has failed. For not all who are of Israel are Israel,	6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 nor are they all children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but "It is through Isaac that descendants shall bear your name."	7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.	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.
9 For this is the wording of the promise, "About this time I shall return and Sarah will have a son."	9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10 And not only that, but also when Rebecca had conceived children by one husband, our father Isaac --	10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11 before they had yet been born or had done anything, good or bad, in order that God's elective plan might continue,	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;)
12 not by works but by his call--she was told, "The older shall serve the younger."	12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written: "I loved Jacob but hated Esau."	13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What then are we to say? Is there injustice on the part of God? Of course not!	14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he says to Moses: "I will show mercy to whom I will, I will take pity on whom I will."	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.
16 So it depends not upon a person's will or exertion, but upon God, who shows mercy.	16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, "This is why I have raised you up, to show my power through you that my name may be proclaimed throughout the earth."	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.
18 Consequently, he has mercy upon whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.	18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 You will say to me then, "Why (then) does he still find fault? For who can oppose his will?"	19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 But who indeed are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is made say to its maker,"Why have you created me so?"	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?
21 Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for a noble purpose and another for an ignoble one?	21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and make known his power, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction?	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:
23 This was to make known the riches of his glory to the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared previously for glory,	23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
24 namely, us whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles.	24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 As indeed he says in Hosea: "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'	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.
26 And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they shall be called children of the living God."	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.
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "Though the number of the Israelites were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will be saved;	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:
28 for decisively and quickly will the Lord execute sentence upon the earth."	28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29 And as Isaiah predicted: "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom and have been made like Gomorrah."	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.
30 What then shall we say? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have achieved it, that is, righteousness that comes from faith;	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.
31 but that Israel, who pursued the law of righteousness, did not attain to that law?	31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Why not? Because they did it not by faith, but as if it could be done by works. They stumbled over the stone that causes stumbling,	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;
33 as it is written: "Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion that will make people stumble and a rock that will make them fall, and whoever believes in him shall not be put to shame."	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.