Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
I speak
the truth in Christ ;
I am
not lying
, as
confirmed
by
my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
I say
the truth in Christ ,
I lie
not, my conscience also
bearing
me
witness
in the Holy Ghost,
I have deep
sorrow
and unceasing
anguish
in my heart.
That
I have great
heaviness
and continual
sorrow
in my heart.
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,
For I could wish that myself were accursed
from Christ for my brethren
, my kinsmen
according
to
the
flesh :
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 .
Who
are
Israelites;
to
whom
pertaineth
the adoption ,
and
the glory ,
and the covenants ,
and
the giving of the law, and
the service
of
God
, and the promises ;
Theirs
are the patriarchs
, and from
them
proceeds
the
human
descent
of Christ, who is God
over all, forever
worthy
of
praise!
Amen.
Whose
are the fathers
, and of whom
as
concerning
the
flesh
Christ came
, who is over all, God
blessed
for
ever.
Amen.
It
is
not as though God’s
word has
failed
. For not all who
are
descended
from
Israel are Israel .
Not as though the
word of
God
hath
taken
none
effect
. For they
are
not all Israel ,
which
are of
Israel :
Nor
because they are Abraham’s
descendants
are they all his
children .
On
the
contrary
, “Through
Isaac your
offspring
will
be reckoned
. ”
Neither,
because they are the
seed
of
Abraham,
are they all children :
but
, In
Isaac shall
thy
seed
be called
.
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
.
That
is ,
They
which
are
the children of the flesh ,
these
are not
the
children of
God:
but the children of the promise are counted
for
the
seed
.
For this is what
the promise stated:
“
At the
appointed
time I
will return
, and Sarah will
have a son. ”
For this is the word
of
promise ,
At this
time will I
come
, and Sarah shall
have a son.
Not only that,
but Rebecca’s
children
were
conceived by one man
, our father Isaac .
And
not only this;
but when
Rebecca
also
had
conceived by one, even
by
our father Isaac ;
Yet
before
the twins
were
born or
had
done anything
good or bad
, in
order
that God’s
plan
of election might stand,
(For
the children
being
not
yet
born ,
neither
having
done any
good or evil
, that the
purpose
of God
according
to
election might stand, not
of
works,
but
of
him
that
calleth;)
not
by
works
but
by
Him
who
calls,
she
was told
, “
The older
will
serve the younger. ”
It
was said
unto
her
, The elder
shall
serve the younger.
So
it is written :
“
Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. ”
As
it is written ,
Jacob have
I loved, but Esau have
I hated.
What then
shall we say? Is God unjust
? Certainly
not!
What shall we say then
? Is there
unrighteousness
with
God? God
forbid.
For He says
to Moses :
“
I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. ”
For he saith
to Moses ,
I will have mercy on whom I will
have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion.
So then ,
it does
not depend
on
man’s
desire
or
effort
, but on
God’s
mercy.
So then it is
not of
him
that
willeth
, nor
of
him
that
runneth,
but of
God
that
sheweth
mercy.
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. ”
For the scripture saith
unto
Pharaoh ,
Even
for this same
purpose have
I
raised
thee
up
, that I might shew
my power in thee
, and that my name might be declared
throughout
all the earth.
Therefore God
has
mercy on whom He wants
to
have mercy, and He
hardens
whom He wants
to
harden
.
Therefore hath
he
mercy on whom he will
have mercy, and whom he will
he
hardeneth
.
One
of
you
will
say to
me, “Then
why does
God
still
find fault? For who can
resist
His will? ”
Thou
wilt
say then
unto
me, Why doth
he
yet
find fault? For who hath
resisted
his will?
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
? ”
Nay
but, O man, who
art
thou
that
repliest
against
God? Shall the
thing
formed say to him that
formed it, Why hast
thou
made
me thus
?
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
?
Hath
not the potter power
over
the clay,
of
the same lump to
make
one vessel unto
honour,
and another unto
dishonour
?
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 ?
What if God, willing
to shew
his wrath ,
and to
make his power known, endured
with much
longsuffering
the vessels of wrath fitted
to
destruction :
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 —
And
that
he might
make known
the riches of his glory on
the vessels of mercy, which
he had
afore
prepared unto
glory ,
including
us, whom He has
called not only
from
the Jews, but also from
the Gentiles?
Even
us, whom he hath
called ,
not of
the Jews only
, but also of
the Gentiles?
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 ,”
As he saith
also
in Osee,
I will call them my people ,
which
were
not my people ;
and her beloved ,
which
was
not beloved .
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. ’”
And it shall
come
to
pass,
that in the place where it was said unto
them, Ye
are not my people ;
there
shall
they be called the
children
of the living God.
Isaiah
cries
out
concerning Israel :
“
Though the number of the Israelites
is
like
the sand of the sea, only
the
remnant will
be saved .
Esaias
also
crieth
concerning Israel ,
Though the number of the children
of
Israel
be
as
the sand of the sea, a
remnant shall
be saved :
For the Lord
will carry
out
His
sentence
on
the earth thoroughly
and
decisively
. ”
For he
will
finish
the work,
and
cut
it
short
in
righteousness:
because
a
short
work
will the Lord
make
upon
the
earth.
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
. ”
And
as Esaias
said
before,
Except
the Lord of Sabaoth
had left us a
seed
, we had
been
as
Sodoma
, and
been
made
like
unto
Gomorrha
.
What then
will
we say? That the Gentiles, who
did
not pursue
righteousness, have obtained
it
, a
righteousness that
is by
faith ;
What shall
we say then
? That the Gentiles, which
followed
not after
righteousness, have attained
to
righteousness
, even
the
righteousness which
is of
faith .
but Israel, who
pursued
a
law of righteousness, has
not attained it
.
But Israel, which
followed
after
the
law of righteousness, hath
not attained to
the
law
of
righteousness
.
Why
not
? Because their
pursuit
was
not by faith, but as if
it were by works. They stumbled over
the
stumbling
stone,
Wherefore
? Because they
sought
it
not by faith, but as it were by the
works of
the
law
. For
they stumbled at
that
stumblingstone;
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
. ”
As it is written, Behold,
I lay in Sion
a stumblingstone
and rock of offence:
and whosoever
believeth
on
him shall
not
be ashamed
.
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