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1I speak the truth in Christ #— #I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit #— #[#9:1 Rm 1:9; 2Co 11:10; Gl 1:20; 1Tm 2:7; #9:1 Or testifying with me by the Holy Spirit]
2that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.[#9:3 Ex 32:32; #9:3 1Co 12:3; 16:22; Gl 1:8,9; #9:3 Lit to be anathema]
4They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises.[#9:4 Rm 8:6; #9:4 Ex 4:22; Rm 8:15; #9:4 Ex 40:34; 1Kg 8:11; Ezk 1:28; Heb 9:5; #9:4 Gn 17:2; Dt 29:14; Lk 1:72; Ac 3:25; Eph 2:12; #9:4 Dt 4:13–14; Ps 147:19; #9:4 Dt 7:6; 14:1; Heb 9:1,6; #9:4 Ac 2:39; 13:32; Eph 2:12]
5The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, praised forever. , Amen.[#9:5 Ac 3:13; Rm 11:28; #9:5 Lit them, according to the flesh; #9:5 Mt 1:1–16; Rm 1:3; #9:5 Jn 1:1; Col 2:9; #9:5 Col 1:16–19; #9:5 Or the Messiah, the one who is over all, the God who is blessed forever , or Messiah. God, who is over all, be blessed forever; #9:5 Rm 1:25]
6Now it is not as though the word of God has failed, because not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.[#9:6 Nm 23:19; #9:6 Jn 1:47; Rm 2:28–29; Gl 6:16]
7Neither is it the case that all of Abraham’s children are his descendants. , On the contrary, your offspring will be traced through Isaac. ,[#9:7 Lit seed; #9:7 Jn 8:33,39; Gl 4:23; #9:7 Lit called; #9:7 Gn 21:12; #9:7 Gn 21:12; Heb 11:18]
8That is, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but the children of the promise are considered to be the offspring.[#9:8 Lit children of the flesh; #9:8 Rm 8:14; #9:8 Rm 4:13,16; Gl 3:29; 4:28; Heb 11:11]
9For this is the statement of the promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son. ,[#9:9 Gn 18:10,14; #9:9 Gn 18:10,14]
10And not only that, but Rebekah conceived children through one man, our father Isaac.[#9:10 Rm 5:3; #9:10 Gn 25:21]
11For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand —[#9:11 Rm 4:17; 8:28]
12not from works but from the one who calls #— #she was told, The older will serve the younger. ,[#9:12 Gn 25:23; #9:12 Gn 25:23]
13As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau. ,[#9:13 Mal 1:2–3; #9:13 Mal 1:2–3]
14What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not![#9:14 Rm 3:5; #9:14 2Ch 19:7; Rm 2:11; #9:14 Lk 20:16]
15For he tells Moses, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. ,[#9:15 Ex 33:19; #9:15 Ex 33:19]
16So then, it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.[#9:16 Gl 2:2; #9:16 Eph 2:8]
17For the Scripture tells Pharaoh, I raised you up for this reason so that I may display my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in the whole earth. ,[#9:17 Ex 9:16; #9:17 Ex 9:16]
18So then, he has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy and he hardens whom he wants to harden.[#9:18 Ex 4:21; 7:3; 9:12; 10:20,27; 11:10; 14:4,7; Dt 2:30; Jos 11:20; Jn 12:40; Rm 11:7,25]
19You will say to me, therefore, “Why then does he still find fault? For who resists his will? ”[#9:19 Rm 11:19; 1Co 15:25; Jms 2:18; #9:19 Rm 3:7; #9:19 2Ch 20:6; Jb 9:12; Dn 4:35]
20On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this? ”[#9:20 Jb 33:13; #9:20 Is 29:16; 45:9; 64:8; Jr 18:6; 2Tm 2:20]
21Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?[#9:21 Is 64:8; Jr 18:6]
22And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?[#9:22 Rm 2:4; #9:22 Pr 16:4; 1Pt 2:8]
23And what if he did this to make known the riches of his glory on objects of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory #— #[#9:23 Rm 2:4; Eph 3:16; #9:23 Ac 9:15; #9:23 Rm 8:29]
24on us, the ones he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?[#9:24 Rm 8:28; #9:24 Rm 3:29]
25As it also says in Hosea,[#9:25 Or he]
27But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,
29And just as Isaiah predicted:
30What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness #— #namely the righteousness that comes from faith.[#9:30 Rm 9:14; #9:30 Rm 1:17; 3:21; 10:6; Gl 2:16; 3:24; Php 3:9; Heb 11:7]
31But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not achieved the righteousness of the law. ,[#9:31 Is 51:1; Rm 10:2,20; 11:7; #9:31 Other mss read the law for righteousness; #9:31 Gl 5:4]
32Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.[#9:32 Other mss add of the law; #9:32 1Pt 2:6,8]
33As it is written,