1 T ruth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony 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 grief and unceasing pain in my heart --

that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief 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 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 the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and 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 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 from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

6 A nd it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who of Israel are these 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 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 Abraham’s descendants, but: “ through Isaac your descendants will be named.”

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

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 also Rebecca, having conceived by one -- Isaac our father --

And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, 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 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 ` The greater shall serve the less;'

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 -- not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

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 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 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, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.

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

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

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

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 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?

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 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, 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 kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --

And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,

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

even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among 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 says also in Hosea, “ I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’ And her who was not beloved, ‘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 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 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 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 a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.

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

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 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, 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 Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith;

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

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

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

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.'

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.”