Romans 9

1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,NHEB — Romans 9:1

2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.NHEB — Romans 9:2

3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh,NHEB — Romans 9:3

4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;NHEB — Romans 9:4

5 of whom are the patriarchs, and from whom is the Christ, as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.NHEB — Romans 9:5

6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.NHEB — Romans 9:6

7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your descendants be called."NHEB — Romans 9:7

8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.NHEB — Romans 9:8

9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."NHEB — Romans 9:9

10 And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac.NHEB — Romans 9:10

11 For 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,NHEB — Romans 9:11

12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."NHEB — Romans 9:12

13 Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."NHEB — Romans 9:13

14 What should we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not.NHEB — Romans 9:14

15 For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."NHEB — Romans 9:15

16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.NHEB — Romans 9:16

17 For 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."NHEB — Romans 9:17

18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.NHEB — Romans 9:18

19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"NHEB — Romans 9:19

20 But who indeed are you, a human being, to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"NHEB — Romans 9:20

21 Or 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?NHEB — Romans 9:21

22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,NHEB — Romans 9:22

23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,NHEB — Romans 9:23

24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews?NHEB — Romans 9:24

25 As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them which were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not loved, 'loved.'"NHEB — Romans 9:25

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.'"NHEB — Romans 9:26

27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be kept safe.NHEB — Romans 9:27

28 For he will fulfill the word and decisively in righteousness; because the Lord will carry out the word decisively on the earth."NHEB — Romans 9:28

29 As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."NHEB — Romans 9:29

30 What should we say then? That the non-Jews, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;NHEB — Romans 9:30

31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.NHEB — Romans 9:31

32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;NHEB — Romans 9:32

33 even as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock to trip over; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."NHEB — Romans 9:33