Romans 9

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 I am speaking the truth in Christ; I am not lying. My conscience offers testimony to me in the Holy Spirit,	1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 because the sadness within me is great, and there is a continuous sorrow in my heart.	2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I was desiring that I myself might be anathemized from Christ, for the sake of my brothers, who are my kinsmen 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 These are the Israelites, to whom belongs adoption as sons, and the glory and the testament, and the giving and following of the law, 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 are the fathers, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is over all things, blessed God, for all eternity. 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 perished. For not all those who are Israelites are of Israel.	6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 And not all sons are the offspring of Abraham: “For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.”	7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 In other words, those who are the sons of God are not those who are sons of the flesh, but those who are sons of the Promise; these are considered to be the offspring.	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 the word of promise is this: “I will return at the proper time. And there shall be a son for Sarah.”	9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10 And she was not alone. For Rebecca also, having conceived by Isaac our father, from one act,	10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11 when the children had not yet been born, and had not yet done anything good or bad (such that the purpose of God might be based on their choice),	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 and not because of deeds, but because of a calling, it was said to her: “The elder shall serve the younger.”	12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 So also it was written: “I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.”	13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What should we say next? Is there unfairness with God? Let it not be so!	14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For to Moses he says: “I will pity whomever I pity. And I will offer mercy to whomever I will pity.”	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 Therefore, it is not based on those who choose, nor on those who excel, but on God who takes pity.	16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For Scripture says to the Pharaoh: “I have raised you up for this purpose, so that I may reveal my power by you, and so that my name may be announced to all 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 Therefore, he takes pity on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.	18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 And so, you would say to me: “Then why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”	19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 O man, who are you to question God? How can the thing that has been formed say to the One who formed him: “Why have you made me this way?”	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 And does not the potter have the authority over the clay to make, from the same material, indeed, one vessel unto honor, yet truly another unto disgrace?	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, wanting to reveal his wrath and to make his power known, endured, with much patience, vessels deserving wrath, fit to be destroyed,	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 so that he might reveal the wealth of his glory, within these vessels of mercy, which he has prepared unto 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 And so it is with those of us whom he has also called, not only from among the Jews, but even from among the Gentiles,	24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 just as he says in Hosea: “I will call those who were not my people, ‘my people,’ and she who was not beloved, ‘beloved,’ and she who had not obtained mercy, ‘one who has obtained mercy.’	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 this shall be: in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they shall be called the sons 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 cried out on behalf of Israel: “When the number of the sons of Israel is like the sand of the sea, a remnant shall 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 he shall complete his word, while abbreviating it out of equity. For the Lord shall accomplish a brief word 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 it is just as Isaiah predicted: “Unless the Lord of hosts had bequeathed offspring, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have been made similar to 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 should we say next? That the Gentiles who did not follow justice have attained justice, even the justice that is of 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 Yet truly, Israel, though following the law of justice, has not arrived at the law of justice.	31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Why is this? Because they did not seek it from faith, but as if it were from works. For they stumbled over a stumbling block,	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 just as it was written: “Behold, I am placing a stumbling block in Zion, and a rock of scandal. But whoever believes in him shall not be confounded.”	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.