1 ¶ I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

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

2 t hat I have great sorrow and continual pain in my heart.

that I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,

3 F or I could wish that myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren, those who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,

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

4 w ho are Israelites, to whom pertains the adoption as sons and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the law and the service of God and the promises,

who are Israelites; whose the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the service, and the promises;

5 w hose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh is the Christ, who is God over all things, blessed for all the ages. Amen.

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

6 ¶ Not as though the word of God has been deficient. For not all the descendants of Israel are Israelites;

Not however as though the word of God had failed; for not all Israel which of Israel;

7 n either, because they are the seed of Abraham, are all sons, but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

nor because they are seed of Abraham all children: but, In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.

8 T hat is, Those who are sons of the flesh, these are not the sons of God; but those who are sons of the promise are counted in the generation.

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

9 F or the word of the promise is this, At this time I will come, and Sara shall have a son.

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

10 A nd not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac

And not only, but Rebecca having conceived by one, Isaac our father,

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 calls),

indeed 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),

12 i t was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

13 A s it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.

14 ¶ What shall we say then? Is there injustice in God? No, in no wise.

What shall we say then? unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.

15 F or 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.

For 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.

16 S o then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that has mercy.

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

17 F or the scripture saith of Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

For 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.

18 T herefore he has mercy on whom he will have mercy, and he hardens whom he will.

So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

19 T hou wilt say then unto me, Why does he become angry? For who shall resist his will?

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

20 R ather, O man, who art thou to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Aye, 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?

21 H as 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 authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?

22 W hat if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much meekness the vessels of wrath, prepared for death,

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

23 a nd making known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared unto glory?

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

24 E ven us, whom he has called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles!

us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst Jews, but also from amongst nations?

25 ¶ As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.

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

26 A nd 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 sons of the living God.

And 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.

27 I saiah also cries out concerning Israel, Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant shall be saved;

But Esaias cries concerning Israel, Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved:

28 w hen the consumption comes to an end, righteousness shall overflow, because a short sentence will the Lord execute upon the earth.

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

29 A nd as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of the hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom and been made like unto Gomorrha.

And 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.

30 ¶ What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, that is to say, the righteousness which is by faith,

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

31 a nd Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to law.

32 W hy? Because they followed it not by faith but, as it were, by the works (of the law); therefore, they stumbled on the stumblingstone;

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

33 a s it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock that will cause some to fall, and whosoever believes in him shall not be ashamed.

according 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.