Romans 9

JuliaSmith^{(i) 1} I Speak truth in Christ, I lie not, my consciousness bearing witness to me in the Holy Spirit, ² That there is great grief to me and continued pain in my heart. ³ For I myself was praying to be anathema from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: ⁴ Who are Israelites; whose the adoption as a son, and the glory, and covenants, and legislation, and divine worship, and solemn promises; ⁵ Whose the fathers, and from whom Christ according to the flesh, who being God over all, praised forever. Amen. ⁶ And not as that the word of God has fallen through. For not they all of Israel, they which of Israel: ⁷ Neither that the seed of Abraham, are all children: but, In Isaac shall the seed be called to thee. ⁸ That is, The children of the flesh, these not the children of God: but the children of the solemn promise are reckoned for seed. ⁹ For this the word of solemn promise, According to this time will I come, and there shall be a son to Sarah. ¹⁰ And not only; but also Rebecca, having coition of one, Isaac our father; ¹¹ (For not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that according to choice the purpose of God might remain, not of works, but of him calling;) ¹² It was said to her, That the greater shall serve the less. ¹³ As has been written, Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated. ¹⁴ What then shall we say Is injustice with God? It may not be. ¹⁵ I will commiserate whomsoever I commiserate, and I will have compassion upon whomsoever I have compassion. ¹⁶ Surely then, not of him Willing, nor of him running, but of God commiserating. ¹⁷ For the writing says to Pharaoh, That for this same have I raised thee up, so that I might show in thee my power, and so that my name might be announced in all the earth. ¹⁸ Surely then, whom he will he commiserates, and whom he will he hardens. ¹⁹ Thou wilt then say to me, Why does he yet blame For who has withstood his will? ²⁰ Surely, O man, who art thou replying against God? Shall the formation say to him having formed, Why hest thou made me so ²¹ Or has not the potter power over the clay, of the same mixture truly to make one vessel for honour, and one for dishonour ²² And if God, willing anger to be shown, and his power to be made known, endured in much long suffering the vessels of anger put in proper order for destruction: ²³ And that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared for glory ²⁴ Whom he also called us, not only from the Jews, but also of the nations? ²⁵ As also he says in Hosea, I will call not my people my people; and the not loved, loved. ²⁶ And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, Ye not my people; there shall they be called the sons of the living God. ²⁷ And Esaias cries for Israel, If the number of the sons of Israel as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved: ²⁸ For finishing and cutting short the word in justice: for the Lord will make the word cut short upon the earth. ²⁹ And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us seed, as Sodom had we been, and as Gomorrha had we been likened. ³⁰ What then shall we say? That the nations, not following justice, overtook justice, and the justice of faith. ³¹ And Israel following the law of justice, reached not the law of justice. ³² Wherefore? Because not of faith, but as of the works of the law. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone; ³³ As has been written, Behold I set in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and every one believing on him shall not be ashamed.