{"book":"Romans","slug":"romans","ch":9,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Romans","prev":"romans/8","next":"romans/10","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"I speak [the] truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in [the] Holy Spirit.","f":[],"h":"Paul’s Concern for the Jews","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"For I could wish that I myself were cursed [and] cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"[the people of] Israel. [Theirs is] the adoption as sons; [theirs] the divine glory and the covenants; [theirs] the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"[Theirs are] the patriarchs, and from them [ proceeds ] [the] human [descent] of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.","f":["Or forever blessed"]},{"v":6,"t":"[It is] not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who [are] descended from Israel [are] Israel.","f":[],"h":"God’s Sovereign Choice","style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants [are] they all [his] children. On the contrary,“ Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”","f":["Genesis 21:12"]},{"v":8,"t":"So it is not the children of the flesh [who are] God’s children, but [it is] the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"For this [is] what [the] promise stated:“ At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”","f":["Genesis 18:14"]},{"v":10,"t":"Not only that, but Rebecca’s [children] were conceived by one [man], our father Isaac.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"Yet before [the twins] were born [or] had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"not by works but by Him who calls, she was told,“ The older will serve the younger.”","f":["Genesis 25:23"]},{"v":13,"t":"So it is written:“ Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”","f":["Malachi 1:2–3"]},{"v":14,"t":"What then shall we say? [Is] God unjust? Certainly not!","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"For He says to Moses:“ I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”","f":["Exodus 33:19"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"For He says to Moses:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"So then, [it does] not [depend] on man’s desire [or] effort, but on God’s mercy.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"For the Scripture says to Pharaoh:“ I raised you up for this very [purpose], that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”","f":["Exodus 9:16 (see also LXX)"]},{"v":18,"t":"Therefore [God] has mercy on whom He wants [to have mercy ], and He hardens whom He wants [ to harden ].","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"One of you will say to me,“ Then why does [God] still find fault? For who can resist His will?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? [Shall] what is formed say to Him who formed [it],“ Why did You make me like this?”","f":["Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9"]},{"v":21,"t":"{Does} not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and [another] for common use?","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"What if God, intending to show [His] wrath and make His power {known}, bore with great patience [the] vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"[What if He did this] to make the riches of His glory {known} to [the] vessels of [His] mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory —","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"including us, whom He has called not only from [the] Jews, but also from [the] Gentiles?","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"As He says in Hosea:“ I will call [them] ‘ My People ’ who [are] not My people, and [I will call her] ‘ [My] Beloved ’ who [is] not [My] beloved,”","f":["Hosea 2:23"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"As He says in Hosea:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ I will call [them] ‘ My People ’ who [are] not My people,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and [I will call her] ‘ [My] Beloved ’ who [is] not [My] beloved,”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":26,"t":"and,“ It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them,‘ You [are] not My people,’ they will be called ‘ sons of [the] living God.’”","f":["Hosea 1:10"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"and,"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ You [are] not My people,’"},{"style":"indent1","t":"they will be called"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ sons of [the] living God.’”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":27,"t":"Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:“ Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, [only] the remnant will be saved.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[only] the remnant will be saved."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"For [the] Lord will carry out [His] sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”","f":["Isaiah 10:22–23 (see also LXX)"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For [the] Lord will carry out [His] sentence on the earth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"thoroughly and decisively.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"[It is] just as Isaiah foretold:“ Unless [the] Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”","f":["Isaiah 1:9 (see also LXX)"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[It is] just as Isaiah foretold:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Unless [the] Lord of Hosts had left us descendants,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we would have become like Sodom,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we would have resembled Gomorrah.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":30,"t":"What then will we say? That [the] Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained [it], a righteousness that [is] by faith;","f":[],"h":"Israel’s Unbelief","style":"reg"},{"v":31,"t":"but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained [it].","f":[]},{"v":32,"t":"Why [not]? Because [their pursuit was] not by faith, but as if [it were] by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,","f":[]},{"v":33,"t":"as it is written:“ See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the [one who] believes in Him will never be put to shame.”","f":["Isaiah 8:14","Isaiah 28:16 (see also LXX)"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"as it is written:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a rock of offense;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and the [one who] believes in Him"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will never be put to shame.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"}]}