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1I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit--

1I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

2that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.

3For I could wish that I myself were accursed--cut off from Christ--for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,

3For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,

4who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

4who 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,

5To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.

5whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

6It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,

6But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;

7nor are all the children Abraham's true descendants; rather "through Isaac will your descendants be counted."

7nor are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants, but: "THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED."

8This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.

9For this is what the promise declared: "About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son."

9For this is the word of promise: "AT THIS TIME I WILL COME, AND SARAH SHALL HAVE A SON."

10Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our ancestor Isaac--

10And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac;

11even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling)--

11for 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,

12it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"

12it was said to her, "THE OLDER WILL SERVE THE YOUNGER."

13just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

13Just as it is written, "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED."

14What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!

14What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be!

15For he says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

15For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION."

16So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.

16So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.

17For the scripture says to Pharaoh: "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth."

17For 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."

18So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.

18So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.

19You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?"

19You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?"

20But who indeed are you--a mere human being--to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, "Why have you made me like this?"

20On 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?

21Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

21Or 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?

22But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

22What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?

23And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory--

23And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,

24even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

24even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.

25As he also says in Hosea: "I will call those who were not my people, 'My people,' and I will call her who was unloved, 'My beloved.'"

25As He says also in Hosea, "I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, 'MY PEOPLE,' AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, 'BELOVED.'"

26"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

26"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."

27And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,

27Isaiah 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;

28for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly."

28FOR THE LORD WILL EXECUTE HIS WORD ON THE EARTH, THOROUGHLY AND QUICKLY."

29Just as Isaiah predicted, "If the Lord of armies had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have resembled Gomorrah."

29And 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."

30What shall we say then?--that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,

30What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith;

31but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.

31but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

32Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

32Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

33just as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."

33just 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."

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