1 T ruth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,

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

2 t hat I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart --

that I have great sorrow and continual pain in my heart.

3 f or I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ -- for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,

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

4 w ho are Israelites, whose the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

who 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,

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

whose 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.

6 A nd it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who of Israel are these Israel;

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

7 n or because they are seed of Abraham all children, but -- `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are all sons, but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

8 t hat is, the children of the flesh -- these not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

That 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.

9 f or the word of promise this; `According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.'

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

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

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

11 ( for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her --

(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),

12 ` The greater shall serve the less;'

it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

13 a ccording as it hath been written, `Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

14 W hat, then, shall we say? unrighteousness with God? let it not be!

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

15 f or to Moses He saith, `I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'

For 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.

16 s o, then -- not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

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

17 f or the Writing saith to Pharaoh -- `For this very thing I did raise thee up, that I might shew in thee My power, and that My name might be declared in all the land;'

For 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.

18 s o, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.

Therefore he has mercy on whom he will have mercy, and he hardens whom he will.

19 T hou wilt say, then, to me, `Why yet doth He find fault? for His counsel who hath resisted?'

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

20 n ay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form, Why me didst thou make thus?

Rather, 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?

21 h ath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour?

Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour?

22 A nd if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

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

23 a nd that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --

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

24 n ot only out of Jews, but also out of nations,

Even us, whom he has called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles!

25 a s also in Hosea He saith, `I will call what not My people -- My people; and her not beloved -- Beloved,

¶ As he saith 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 they shall be called sons of the living God.'

And 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.

27 A nd Isaiah doth cry concerning Israel, `If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;

Isaiah 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;

28 f or a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.

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

29 a nd according as Isaiah saith before, `Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.'

And 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.

30 W hat, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that of faith,

¶ 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,

31 a nd Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

and Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

32 w herefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

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

33 a ccording as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

as 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.