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Romans 9:22-33
English Standard Version
Romans 9:22-33
English Standard Version
22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience (A)vessels of wrath (B)prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known (C)the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he (D)has prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us whom he (E)has called, (F)not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? 25 As indeed he says in Hosea,
(G)“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
26 (H)“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called (I)‘sons of the living God.’”
27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: (J)“Though the number of the sons of Israel[a] be as the sand of the sea, (K)only a remnant of them will be saved, 28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.” 29 And as Isaiah predicted,
(L)(M)“If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
(N)we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.”
Israel's Unbelief
30 What shall we say, then? (O)That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, (P)a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but that Israel (Q)who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness[b] (R)did not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the (S)stumbling stone, 33 as it is written,
(T)“Behold, I am laying in Zion (U)a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
(V)and whoever believes in him will not be (W)put to shame.”
Footnotes
- Romans 9:27 Or children of Israel
- Romans 9:31 Greek a law of righteousness
Romans 9:22-33
New International Version
Romans 9:22-33
New International Version
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(A) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(B) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(C) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(D)— 24 even us, whom he also called,(E) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(F) 25 As he says in Hosea:
“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”[a](G)
26 and,
“In the very place where it was said to them,
‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”[b](H)
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(I)
only the remnant will be saved.(J)
28 For the Lord will carry out
his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[c](K)
29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:
“Unless the Lord Almighty(L)
had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.”[d](M)
Israel’s Unbelief
30 What then shall we say?(N) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;(O) 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,(P) have not attained their goal.(Q) 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(R) 33 As it is written:
Footnotes
- Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
- Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10
- Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
- Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9
- Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
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