New King James Version

King James Bible

1I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

2that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.

2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

3For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,

3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

4who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;

4Who 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;

5of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.

5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

6But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel,

6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

7nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.”

7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

8That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.

8That 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.

9For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”

9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

10And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac

10And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

11(for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),

11(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;)

12it was said to her, “The older shall serve the younger.”

12It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

13As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”

13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!

14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

15For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”

15For 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.

16So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

17For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”

17For 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.

18Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.

18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

19You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”

19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

20But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

20Nay 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?

21Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

22What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

23and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

24even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

24Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

25As He says also in Hosea: “I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved.”

25As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

26“And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.”

26And 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.

27Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved.

27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

28For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.”

28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

29And as Isaiah said before: “Unless the LORD of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”

29And 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.

30What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;

30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

31but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

32Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.

32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

33As it is written: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

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