1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the 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 sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

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

3 F or I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the 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 is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, 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 o f whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.

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

6 B ut it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are 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 either, because they are Abraham’s offspring, are they all children. But, “your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac.”

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

8 T hat is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as heirs.

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 is a word of promise, “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”

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

10 N ot only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.

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

11 F or being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who 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 elder will serve the younger.”

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

13 E ven as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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

14 W hat shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

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

15 F or he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have 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 it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has 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 purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed 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, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

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

19 Y ou will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”

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

20 B ut indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

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 hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

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 W hat if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made 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 on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand 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 also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

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 them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not 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 “ It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ There they will be called ‘children of the 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 I saiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will 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 He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.”

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

29 A s Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”

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 shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is 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, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.

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

32 W hy? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

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

33 e ven as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

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.”