Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
I speak
the truth in Christ ;
I am not lying, as
confirmed
by
my conscience in the Holy Spirit .
I tell
the truth in Christ .
I am not lying, my conscience testifying
with
me
in the Holy Spirit ,
I have deep
sorrow and unceasing anguish
in my heart.
that
I have great
sorrow and unceasing pain
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 I myself were accursed
from Christ for my brothers '
sake
, my relatives
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;
whose
is the adoption ,
the glory ,
the covenants ,
the giving of the law, the service
, 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.
of
whom
are the fathers
, and from whom
is
Christ as
concerning
the
flesh
, who is over all, God,
blessed
forever .
Amen.
It is not as though God’s
word has failed
. For not all who
are
descended
from
Israel are Israel.
But
it is not as though the
word of
God
has come
to
nothing
. For they
are
not all Israel ,
that
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 Abraham's
seed,
are they all children. But
, "In
Isaac will your
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,
it is not the children of the flesh who are children of
God
, but the children of the promise are counted
as a
seed
.
For this is what
the
promise stated:
“
At the appointed time I will return
, and Sarah will have a son. ”
For this is a
word
of
promise ,
"
At the appointed time I will come
, and Sarah will have a son. "
Not only that
, but Rebecca’s
children
were
conceived by one man
, our father Isaac.
Not only so
, but Rebecca
also
conceived by one, 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
being
not
yet born ,
neither
having
done anything good or bad, that the
purpose
of God
according
to
election might stand, not
of
works,
but
of
him
who
calls,
not
by
works
but
by
Him
who
calls,
she
was told
, “
The older
will serve the younger. ”
it
was said
to
her
, "
The elder
will serve the younger. "
So
it is written :
“
Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. ”
Even
as
it is written ,
"
Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. "
What then
shall we say? Is God unjust
? Certainly
not
!
What shall we say then
? Is there
unrighteousness
with
God? May
it
never
be
!
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 said
to Moses ,
"
I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I 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
who
wills
, nor
of
him
who
runs,
but of
God
who
has
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 says to Pharaoh ,
"
For this very purpose I
caused
you
to
be
raised
up
, that I might show
in you my
power
, and that my name might be published
abroad
in all the earth. "
Therefore
God
has mercy on whom He wants
to
have
mercy
, and He hardens whom He wants
to
harden
.
So
then,
he
has mercy on whom he desires
, and he hardens whom he desires
.
One
of
you will say to me, “Then
why does God
still find fault? For who can
resist
His will? ”
You will say then
to me, "
Why does he
still find fault? For who withstands
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? ”
But indeed
, O man, who
are
you
to reply
against
God? Will
the
thing
formed ask
him who formed it, "
Why did you make me like this? "
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
?
Or
hasn't
the potter a
right over
the
clay,
from the same lump to
make
one part
a
vessel for honor,
and another for dishonor
?
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 show his wrath ,
and to
make his power known, endured
with much
patience vessels of wrath made
for 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
vessels of mercy, which
he prepared beforehand
for glory ,
including
us, whom He has
called not only
from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
us, whom he also
called ,
not from the Jews only
, but also from 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 says also
in Hosea ,
"
I will call them '
my people ,'
which
were
not my people ;
And her '
beloved ,'
who 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. ’”
"
It will be
that in the place where it was said to them, '
You are not my people, '
There
they will be called '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 .
Isaiah cries concerning Israel ,
"If
the number of the children
of
Israel
are
as
the sand of the sea, It
is
the remnant who
will 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
the
LORD will make
a
short
work
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. ”
As Isaiah has
said
before,
"
Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us a
seed
, We would have become like Sodom, And
would have been
made
like
Gomorrah. "
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, who didn't
follow
after
righteousness, attained
to
righteousness
, even
the
righteousness which
is of
faith;
but Israel, who
pursued
a law of righteousness, has
not
attained
it
.
but Israel, following
after
a law of righteousness, didn't
arrive
at
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 ,
Why? Because they
didn't
seek
it
by faith, but as it were by works of
the
law
. They stumbled over the stumbling stone ;
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
. ”
even
as it is written, "Behold,
I lay in Zion a stumbling stone
and a rock of offense; And no
one who believes in him will be disappointed
. "
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