Romans 9

1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
1 Ἀλήθειαν λέγω ἐν χριστῷ, οὐ ψεύδομαι, συμμαρτυρούσης
WH συνμαρτυρούσης
 μοι τῆς συνειδήσεώς μου ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ,
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
2 ὅτι λύπη μοι ἐστὶν μεγάλη, καὶ ἀδιάλειπτος ὀδύνη τῇ καρδίᾳ μου.
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren,
B omit
 my kinsmen according to the flesh:
3 Εὐχόμην
WH ηὐχόμην
 γὰρ αὐτὸς ἐγὼ
WH omit
 ἀνάθεμα εἶναι [+]
WH αὐτὸς ἐγὼ
 ἀπὸ τοῦ χριστοῦ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου, τῶν συγγενῶν μου κατὰ σάρκα·
4 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;
A omit; B substitute ⟨covenant⟩ for ⟨covenants⟩
4 οἵτινές εἰσιν Ἰσραηλῖται
WH Ἰσραηλεῖται
, ὧν ἡ υἱοθεσία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ αἱ διαθῆκαι καὶ ἡ νομοθεσία καὶ ἡ λατρεία καὶ αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι,
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
5 ὧν οἱ πατέρες, καὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων, θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
6 Οὐχ οἷον δὲ ὅτι ἐκπέπτωκεν ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ. Οὐ γὰρ πάντες οἱ ἐξ Ἰσραήλ, οὗτοι Ἰσραήλ·
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
7 οὐδ’ ὅτι εἰσὶν σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ, πάντες τέκνα· ἀλλ’ Ἐν Ἰσαὰκ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα.
8 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.
8 Τοῦτ’ ἔστιν, οὐ τὰ τέκνα τῆς σαρκός, ταῦτα τέκνα τοῦ θεοῦ· ἀλλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐπαγγελίας λογίζεται εἰς σπέρμα.
9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
9 Ἐπαγγελίας γὰρ ὁ λόγος οὗτος, Κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἐλεύσομαι, καὶ ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱός.
10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
10 Οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ῥεβέκκα ἐξ ἑνὸς κοίτην ἔχουσα, Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν —
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;)
11 μήπω γὰρ γεννηθέντων, μηδὲ πραξάντων τι ἀγαθὸν ἢ κακόν
WH φαῦλον
, ἵνα ἡ κατ’ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις τοῦ θεοῦ μένῃ, οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἀλλ’ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος,
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
12 ἐρρήθη
WH ἐρρέθη
 αὐτῇ ὅτι Ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι.
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
13 Καθὼς
WH καθάπερ
 γέγραπται, Τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἠγάπησα, τὸν δὲ Ἠσαῦ ἐμίσησα.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
14 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; Μὴ ἀδικία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ; Μὴ γένοιτο.
15 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.
15 Τῷ [+]
WH Μωυσεῖ
 γὰρ Μωϋσῇ
WH omit
 λέγει, Ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ, καὶ οἰκτειρήσω ὃν ἂν οἰκτείρω.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
16 Ἄρα οὖν οὐ τοῦ θέλοντος, οὐδὲ τοῦ τρέχοντος, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἐλεοῦντος
WH ἐλεῶντος
 θεοῦ.
17 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.
17 Λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ τῷ Φαραὼ ὅτι Εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἐξήγειρά σε, ὅπως ἐνδείξωμαι ἐν σοὶ τὴν δύναμίν μου, καὶ ὅπως διαγγελῇ τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
18 Ἄρα οὖν ὃν θέλει ἐλεεῖ· ὃν δὲ θέλει σκληρύνει.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why
B ⟨Why therefore⟩
 doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
19 Ἐρεῖς [+]
WH μοι
 οὖν μοι,
WH omit
 Τί ἔτι μέμφεται; Τῷ γὰρ βουλήματι αὐτοῦ τίς ἀνθέστηκεν;
20 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?
20 Μενοῦνγε,
WH omit
 ὦ ἄνθρωπε, [+]
WH μενοῦνγε
 σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀνταποκρινόμενος τῷ θεῷ; Μὴ ἐρεῖ τὸ πλάσμα τῷ πλάσαντι, Τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως;
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
21 Ἢ οὐκ ἔχει ἐξουσίαν ὁ κεραμεὺς τοῦ πηλοῦ, ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ φυράματος ποιῆσαι ὃ μὲν εἰς τιμὴν σκεῦος, ὃ δὲ εἰς ἀτιμίαν;
22 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:
22 Εἰ δὲ θέλων ὁ θεὸς ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργήν, καὶ γνωρίσαι τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ, ἤνεγκεν ἐν πολλῇ μακροθυμίᾳ σκεύη ὀργῆς κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν·
23 And
B omit
 that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
23 καὶ
WH omit
 ἵνα γνωρίσῃ τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ σκεύη ἐλέους, ἃ προητοίμασεν εἰς δόξαν,
24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
24 οὓς καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς οὐ μόνον ἐξ Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ἐθνῶν;
25 As he saith also in
B ⟨to⟩
 Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
25 Ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ Ὡσηὲ λέγει, Καλέσω τὸν οὐ λαόν μου λαόν μου· καὶ τὴν οὐκ ἠγαπημένην ἠγαπημένην.
26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them
B omit
, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
26 Καὶ ἔσται, ἐν τῷ τόπῳ οὗ ἐρρήθη αὐτοῖς,
WH ἐρρέθη [αὐτοῖς]
 Οὐ λαός μου ὑμεῖς, ἐκεῖ κληθήσονται υἱοὶ θεοῦ ζῶντος.
27 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:
27 Ἠσαΐας δὲ κράζει ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Ἐὰν ᾖ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης, τὸ κατάλειμμα
WH ὑπόλιμμα
 σωθήσεται·
28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
ℵBA ⟨For the Lord will perform his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.⟩
28 λόγον γὰρ συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ· ὅτι λόγον συντετμημένον
WH omit
 ποιήσει κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
29 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.
29 Καὶ καθὼς προείρηκεν Ἠσαΐας, Εἰ μὴ κύριος Σαβαὼθ ἐγκατέλιπεν ἡμῖν σπέρμα, ὡς Σόδομα ἂν ἐγενήθημεν, καὶ ὡς Γόμορρα ἂν ὡμοιώθημεν.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
30 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; Ὅτι ἔθνη τὰ μὴ διώκοντα δικαιοσύνην, κατέλαβεν δικαιοσύνην, δικαιοσύνην δὲ τὴν ἐκ πίστεως·
31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness
ℵBA omit
.
31 Ἰσραὴλ δέ, διώκων νόμον δικαιοσύνης, εἰς νόμον δικαιοσύνης
WH omit
 οὐκ ἔφθασεν.
32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law
ℵBA ⟨works⟩
. For
ℵBA omit
 they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
32 Διὰ τί; Ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐξ ἔργων νόμου·
WH omit
 προσέκοψαν γὰρ
WH omit
 τῷ λίθῳ τοῦ προσκόμματος,
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever
ℵBA ⟨he who⟩
 believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
33 καθὼς γέγραπται, Ἰδοὺ τίθημι ἐν Σιὼν λίθον προσκόμματος καὶ πέτραν σκανδάλου· καὶ πᾶς
WH omit
 ὁ πιστεύων ἐπ’ αὐτῷ οὐ καταισχυνθήσεται.
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About the Greek Text

The Greek text displayed here follows The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform, edited by Maurice A. Robinson and William G. Pierpont (2nd ed., 2018). This has been collated, however, with the Greek text of Westcott and Hort (first published in 1881), and the variants are recorded in the notes.