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

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

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

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, 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 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 when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by 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 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 elder will serve the younger.”

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

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

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? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

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

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 whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will 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 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 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 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, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

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

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 has resisted 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?”

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 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?

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

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, 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 on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand 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 also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

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 them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not 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 “ 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 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 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 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 He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work 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 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 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 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, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;

31 b ut Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.

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

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

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.”