Romans 9
Christian Standard Bible
Israel’s Rejection of Christ
9 I speak the truth in Christ(A)—I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit[a]— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish(B) that I myself were cursed(C) and cut off[b] from Christ for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood. 4 They are Israelites,(D) and to them belong the adoption,(E) the glory,(F) the covenants,(G) the giving of the law,(H) the temple service,(I) and the promises.(J) 5 The ancestors are theirs,(K) and from them, by physical descent,[c] came the Christ,(L) who is God(M) over all,(N) praised forever.[d](O) Amen.
God’s Gracious Election of Israel
6 Now it is not as though the word of God has failed,(P) because not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(Q) 7 Neither is it the case that all of Abraham’s children are his descendants.[e](R) On the contrary, your offspring will be traced[f] through Isaac.[g](S) 8 That is, it is not the children by physical descent[h] who are God’s children,(T) but the children of the promise(U) are considered to be the offspring. 9 For this is the statement of the promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.[i](V) 10 And not only that,(W) but Rebekah conceived children(X) through one man, our father Isaac. 11 For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand(Y)— 12 not from works but from the one who calls—she was told, The older will serve the younger.[j](Z) 13 As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.[k](AA)
God’s Selection Is Just
14 What should we say then?(AB) Is there injustice with God?(AC) Absolutely not!(AD) 15 For he tells Moses, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.[l](AE) 16 So then, it does not depend on human will or effort(AF) but on God who shows mercy.(AG) 17 For the Scripture tells Pharaoh, I raised you up for this reason so that I may display my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in the whole earth.[m](AH) 18 So then, he has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(AI)
19 You will say to me,(AJ) therefore, “Why then does he still find fault?(AK) For who resists his will?” (AL) 20 On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(AM) Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” (AN) 21 Or has the potter no right over the clay,(AO) to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor? 22 And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience(AP) objects of wrath prepared for destruction?(AQ) 23 And what if he did this to make known the riches of his glory(AR) on objects of mercy(AS) that he prepared beforehand for glory(AT)— 24 on us, the ones he also called,(AU) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(AV) 25 As it[n] also says in Hosea,
I will call Not My People, My People,
and she who is Unloved, Beloved.[o](AW)
26 And it will be in the place where they were told,
you are not my people,
there they will be called sons of the living God.[p](AX)
27 But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,
Though the number of Israelites
is like the sand of the sea,(AY)
only the remnant will be saved;(AZ)
28 since the Lord will execute his sentence
completely and decisively on the earth.[q][r] (BA)
29 And just as Isaiah predicted:
If the Lord of Armies had not left us offspring,(BB)
we would have become like Sodom,
and we would have been made like Gomorrah.[s](BC)
Israel’s Present State
30 What should we say then?(BD) Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness—namely the righteousness that comes from faith.(BE) 31 But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness,(BF) has not achieved the righteousness of the law.[t](BG) 32 Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works.[u] They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(BH) 33 As it is written,
Look, I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
and the one who believes on him(BI)
will not be put to shame.[v](BJ)
Footnotes
- 9:1 Or testifying with me by the Holy Spirit
- 9:3 Lit to be anathema
- 9:5 Lit them, according to the flesh
- 9:5 Or the Messiah, the one who is over all, the God who is blessed forever, or Messiah. God, who is over all, be blessed forever
- 9:7 Lit seed
- 9:7 Lit called
- 9:7 Gn 21:12
- 9:8 Lit children of the flesh
- 9:9 Gn 18:10,14
- 9:12 Gn 25:23
- 9:13 Mal 1:2–3
- 9:15 Ex 33:19
- 9:17 Ex 9:16
- 9:25 Or he
- 9:25 Hs 2:23
- 9:26 Hs 1:10
- 9:28 Or land
- 9:27–28 Is 10:22–23; 28:22; Hs 1:10
- 9:29 Is 1:9
- 9:31 Other mss read the law for righteousness
- 9:32 Other mss add of the law
- 9:33 Is 8:14; 28:16
Romani 9
La Nuova Diodati
9 Io dico la verità in Cristo, non mento, perché me lo attesta la mia coscienza nello Spirito Santo;
2 ho grande tristezza e continuo dolore nel mio cuore.
3 Infatti desidererei essere io stesso anatema e separato da Cristo per i miei fratelli, miei parenti secondo la carne,
4 che sono Israeliti, dei quali sono l'adozione, la gloria, i patti, la promulgazione della legge, il servizio divino e le promesse;
5 dei quali sono i padri e dai quali proviene secondo la carne il Cristo che è sopra tutte le cose Dio, benedetto in eterno. Amen.
6 Tuttavia non è che la parola di Dio sia caduta a terra, poiché non tutti quelli che sono d'Israele sono Israele.
7 E neppure perché sono progenie di Abrahamo sono tutti figli; ma: «In Isacco ti sarà nominata una progenie».
8 Cioè non i figli della carne sono figli di Dio, ma i figli della promessa sono considerati come progenie.
9 Questa fu infatti la parola della promessa: «In questo tempo ritornerò e Sara avrà un figlio».
10 E non solo questo, ma anche Rebecca concepí da un solo uomo, Isacco nostro padre.
11 (infatti, quando non erano ancora nati i figli e non avevano fatto bene o male alcuno, affinché rimanesse fermo il proponimento di Dio secondo l'elezione e non a motivo delle opere, ma per colui che chiama),
12 le fu detto: «Il maggiore servirà al minore»,
13 come sta scritto: «Io ho amato Giacobbe e ho odiato Esaú».
14 Che diremo dunque? C'è ingiustizia presso Dio? Cosí non sia.
15 Egli dice infatti a Mosé: «Io avrò misericordia di chi avrò misericordia, e avrò compassione di chi avrò compassione».
16 Non dipende dunque né da chi vuole né da chi corre, ma da Dio che fa misericordia.
17 Dice infatti la Scrittura al Faraone: «Proprio per questo ti ho suscitato, per mostrare in te la mia potenza e affinché il mio nome sia proclamato in tutta la terra».
18 Cosí egli fa misericordia a chi vuole e indurisce chi vuole.
19 Tu mi dirai dunque: «Perché trova ancora egli da ridire? Chi può infatti resistere alla sua volontà?».
20 Piuttosto chi sei tu, o uomo, che disputi con Dio? La cosa formata dirà a colui che la formò: «Perché mi hai fatto cosí?».
21 Non ha il vasaio autorità sull'argilla, per fare di una stessa pasta un vaso ad onore e un altro a disonore?
22 E che dire se Dio, volendo mostrare la sua ira e far conoscere la sua potenza, ha sopportato con molta pazienza i vasi d'ira preparati per la perdizione?
23 E questo per far conoscere le ricchezze della sua gloria verso dei vasi di misericordia, che lui ha già preparato per la gloria,
24 cioè noi che egli ha chiamato, non solo fra i Giudei ma anche fra i gentili?
25 Come ancora egli dice in Osea: «Io chiamerò il mio popolo quello che non è mio popolo, e amata quella che non è amata.
26 E avverrà che là dove fu loro detto "Voi non siete mio popolo", saranno chiamati figli del Dio vivente».
27 Ma Isaia esclama riguardo a Israele: «Anche se il numero dei figli d'Israele fosse come la sabbia del mare, solo il residuo sarà salvato».
28 Infatti egli manda ad effetto la decisione con giustizia, perché il Signore manderà ad effetto e accelererà la decisione sopra la terra.
29 E come Isaia aveva predetto: «Se il Signore degli eserciti non ci avesse lasciato un seme, saremmo diventati come Sodoma e saremmo stati simili a Gomorra».
30 Che diremo dunque? Che i gentili, che non cercavano la giustizia, hanno ottenuta la giustizia, quella giustizia però che deriva dalla fede,
31 mentre Israele, che cercava la legge della giustizia, non è arrivato alla legge della giustizia.
32 Perché? Perché la cercava non mediante la fede ma mediante le opere della legge; essi infatti hanno urtato nella pietra d'inciampo.
33 come sta scritto «Ecco, io pongo in Sion una pietra d'inciampo e una roccia di scandalo, ma chiunque crede in lui non sarà svergognato».
Romans 9
New International Version
Paul’s Anguish Over Israel
9 I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying,(A) my conscience confirms(B) it through the Holy Spirit— 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself(C) were cursed(D) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(E) those of my own race,(F) 4 the people of Israel.(G) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;(H) theirs the divine glory,(I) the covenants,(J) the receiving of the law,(K) the temple worship(L) and the promises.(M) 5 Theirs are the patriarchs,(N) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(O) who is God over all,(P) forever praised Amen.
God’s Sovereign Choice
6 It is not as though God’s word(R) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(S) 7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[b](T) 8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(U) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(V) 9 For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”[c](W)
10 Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.(X) 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad(Y)—in order that God’s purpose(Z) in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[d](AA) 13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”[e](AB)
14 What then shall we say?(AC) Is God unjust? Not at all!(AD) 15 For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”[f](AE)
16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.(AF) 17 For 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.”[g](AG) 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(AH)
19 One of you will say to me:(AI) “Then why does God still blame us?(AJ) For who is able to resist his will?”(AK) 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(AL) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(AM) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[h](AN) 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(AO)
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(AP) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(AQ) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(AR) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(AS)— 24 even us, whom he also called,(AT) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(AU) 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,”[i](AV)
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.’”[j](AW)
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(AX)
only the remnant will be saved.(AY)
28 For the Lord will carry out
his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”[k](AZ)
29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:
“Unless the Lord Almighty(BA)
had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.”[l](BB)
Israel’s Unbelief
30 What then shall we say?(BC) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;(BD) 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,(BE) have not attained their goal.(BF) 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(BG) 33 As it is written:
Footnotes
- Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!
- Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12
- Romans 9:9 Gen. 18:10,14
- Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
- Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
- Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19
- Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
- 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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