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

I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

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

that I have great sorrow and continual 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 from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen 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 pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, 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.

of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen. Israel’s Rejection and God’s Purpose

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

But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of 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 the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.”

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, 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 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 when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by 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 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 i t was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

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

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

As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.” Israel’s Rejection and God’s Justice

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

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!

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 whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will 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 is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows 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 the 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 S o then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.

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 has resisted 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?

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 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?

Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

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, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the 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 that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had 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 called, not of the Jews only, but also of the 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 them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not 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 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 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 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 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 He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the L ord will make a short work upon the earth.”

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 as Isaiah said before: “Unless the L ord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, And we would have been made like Gomorrah.” Present Condition of Israel

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, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;

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

but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

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 seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that 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.

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.”