1 I say truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in Holy Spirit,

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

2 t hat I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,

that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.

3 f or I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;

For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,

4 w ho are Israelites; whose the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the service, and the promises;

who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises,

5 w hose the fathers; and of whom, as according to flesh, the Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

6 N ot however as though the word of God had failed; for not all Israel which of Israel;

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;

7 n or because they are seed of Abraham all children: but, In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.

nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “ through Isaac your descendants will be named.”

8 T hat is, the children of the flesh, these not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned as seed.

That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.

9 F or this word of promise, According to this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.

For this is the word of promise: “ At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”

10 A nd not only, but Rebecca having conceived by one, Isaac our father,

And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac;

11 i ndeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls),

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

12 i t was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

it was said to her, “ The older will serve the younger.”

13 a ccording as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.

Just as it is written, “ Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

14 W hat shall we say then? unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.

What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be!

15 F or he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.

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 S o then not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.

So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.

17 F or the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst, that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “ For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.”

18 S o then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.

19 T hou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose?

You will say to me then, “ Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?”

20 A ye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?

21 O r has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?

Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?

22 A nd if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;

What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?

23 a nd that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,

And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,

24 u s, whom he has also called, not only from amongst Jews, but also from amongst nations?

even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.

25 A s he says also in Hosea, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-not-beloved Beloved.

As He says also in Hosea, “ I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’ And her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’”

26 A nd it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, Ye not my people, there shall they be called Sons of living God.

“ And it shall be that 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 B ut Esaias cries concerning Israel, Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved:

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “ Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;

28 f or is bringing the matter to an end, and short in righteousness; because] a cutting short of the matter will Lord accomplish upon the earth.

for the Lord will execute His word on the earth, thoroughly and quickly.”

29 A nd according as Esaias said before, Unless Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and made like even as Gomorrha.

And just as Isaiah foretold, “ Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left to us a posterity, We would have become like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.”

30 W hat then shall we say? That nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but righteousness that is on the principle of faith.

What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith;

31 B ut Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to law.

but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

32 W herefore? Because not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

33 a ccording as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

just as it is written, “ Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”