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| Romans 9:1 | I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, | I am telling you the truth as a Christian man it is no falsehood, for my conscience enlightened, as it is, by the Holy Spirit adds its testimony to mine | And not only she. But when Rebecca also had conceived at once, of Isaac our father. |
| Romans 9:2 | That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. | when I declare that I have deep grief and unceasing anguish of heart. | For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil (that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand,) |
| Romans 9:3 | For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: | For I could pray to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brethren, my human kinsfolk for such the Israelites are. | Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger. |
| Romans 9:4 | 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; | To them belongs recognition as God's sons, and they have His glorious Presence and the Covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the Temple service, and the ancient Promises. | As it is written: Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated. |
| Romans 9:5 | Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. | To them the Patriarchs belong, and from them in respect of His human lineage came the Christ, who is exalted above all, God blessed throughout the Ages. Amen. | What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid. |
| Romans 9:6 | Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: | Not however that God's word has failed; for all who have sprung from Israel do not count as Israel, | For he saith to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; and I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy. |
| Romans 9:7 | Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. | nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned." | So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. |
| Romans 9:8 | 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. | In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity. | For the scripture saith to Pharao: To this purpose have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. |
| Romans 9:9 | For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son. | For the words are the language of promise and run thus, "About this time next year I will come, and Sarah shall have a son." | Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth. |
| Romans 9:10 | And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; | Nor is that all: later on there was Rebecca too. She was soon to bear two children to her husband, our forefather Isaac | Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? for who resisteth his will? |
| Romans 9:11 | (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;) | and even then, though they were not then born and had not done anything either good or evil, yet in order that God's electing purpose might not be frustrated, based, as it was, not on their actions but on the will of Him who called them, she was told, | 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? |
| Romans 9:12 | It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. | "The elder of them will be bondservant to the younger." | Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? |
| Romans 9:13 | As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. | This agrees with the other Scripture which says, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated." | What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction, |
| Romans 9:14 | What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. | What then are we to infer? That there is injustice in God? | That he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared unto glory? |
| Romans 9:15 | 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. | No, indeed; the solution is found in His words to Moses, "Wherever I show mercy it shall be nothing but mercy, and wherever I show compassion it shall be simply compassion." | Even us, whom also he hath called, nor only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles. |
| Romans 9:16 | So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. | And from this we learn that everything is dependent not on man's will or endeavour, but upon God who has mercy. For the Scripture said to Pharaoh, | As in Osee he saith: I will call that which was not my people, my people; and her that was not beloved, beloved; and her that had not obtained mercy, one that hath obtained mercy. |
| Romans 9:17 | 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. | "It is for this very purpose that I have lifted you so high that I may make manifest in you My power, and that My name may be proclaimed far and wide in all the earth." | And it shall be, in the place where it was said unto them, You are not my people; there they shall be called the sons of the living God. |
| Romans 9:18 | Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. | This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart. | And Isaias crieth out concerning Israel: If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved. |
| Romans 9:19 | Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? | "Why then does God still find fault?" you will ask; "for who is resisting His will?" | For he shall finish his word, and cut it short in justice; because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth. |
| Romans 9:20 | 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? | Nay, but who are you, a mere man, that you should cavil against GOD? Shall the thing moulded say to him who moulded it, "Why have you made me thus?" | And as Isaias foretold: Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been made as Sodom, and we had been like unto Gomorrha. |
| Romans 9:21 | Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? | Or has not the potter rightful power over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for more honourable and another for less honourable uses? | What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who followed not after justice, have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith. |
| Romans 9:22 | 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: | And what if God, while choosing to make manifest the terrors of His anger and to show what is possible with Him, has yet borne with long-forbearing patience with the subjects of His anger who stand ready for destruction, | But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice. |
| Romans 9:23 | And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, | in order to make known His infinite goodness towards the subjects of His mercy whom He has prepared beforehand for glory, | Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone. |
| Romans 9:24 | Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? | even towards us whom He has called not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles? | As it is written: Behold I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and a rock of scandal; and whosoever believeth in him shall not be confounded. |
| Romans 9:25 | As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. | So also in Hosea He says, "I will call that nation My People which was not My People, and I will call her beloved who was not beloved. | |
| Romans 9:26 | 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. | And in the place where it was said to them, `No people of Mine are you,' there shall they be called sons of the everliving God." | |
| Romans 9:27 | 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: | And Isaiah cries aloud concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, only a remnant of them shall be saved; | |
| Romans 9:28 | For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. | for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief." | |
| Romans 9:29 | 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. | Even as Isaiah says in an earlier place, "Were it not that the Lord, the God of Hosts, had left us some few descendants, we should have become like Sodom, and have come to resemble Gomorrah." | |
| Romans 9:30 | What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. | To what conclusion does this bring us? Why, that the Gentiles, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have overtaken it a righteousness, however, which arises from faith; | |
| Romans 9:31 | But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. | while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one. | |
| Romans 9:32 | Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; | And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way; | |
| Romans 9:33 | As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. | in agreement with the statement of Scripture, "See, I am placing on Mount Zion a stone for people to stumble at, and a rock for them to trip over, and yet he whose faith rests upon it shall never have reason to feel ashamed." | |
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