9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me testimony in the Holy Spirit, 
9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, 

9:2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 
9:2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 

9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 
9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 

9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom {pertain} the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service {of God}, and the promises; 
9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom {pertain} the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service {of God}, and the promises; 

9:5 Whose {are} the fathers, and from whom according to the flesh, Christ {came}, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. 
9:5 Whose {are} the fathers, and from whom according to the flesh Christ {came}, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. 

9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken no effect. For they {are} not all Israel, who are {descendants} from Israel? 
9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken no effect. For they {are} not all Israel, who are descended from Israel: 

9:7 Neither because they are the seed of Abraham, {are they} all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 
9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, {are they} all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 

9:8 That is, They who are the children of the flesh, these {are} not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 
9:8 That is, They who are the children of the flesh, these {are} not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 

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

9:10 And not only {this}; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, {even} by our father Isaac, 
9:10 And not only {this}; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, {even} by our father Isaac; 

9:11 (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) 
9:11 (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;) 

9:12 It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger. 
9:12  It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger. 

9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 
9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 

9:14 What shall we say then? {Is there} unrighteousness with God? By no means. 
9:14 What shall we say then? {Is there} unrighteousness with God? By no means. 

9:15 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. 
9:15 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. 

9:16 So then, {it is} not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 
9:16 So then {it is} not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 

9:17 For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. 
9:17 For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. 

9:18 Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will {have mercy}, and whom he will he hardeneth. 
9:18 Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will {have mercy}, and whom he will he hardeneth. 

9:19 Thou wilt say then to me, Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will? 
9:19 Thou wilt say then to me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 

9:20 No, 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? 
9:20 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? 

9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel to honor, and another to dishonor? 
9:21  Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour? 

9:22 {What} if God, willing to show {his} wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 
9:22 {What} if God, willing to show {his} wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 

9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory, 
9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory, 

9:24 Even us whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles. 
9:24  Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 

9:25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them My people, who were not my people; and her Beloved, who was not beloved. 
9:25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people; and her beloved, who was not beloved. 

9:26 And it shall come to pass, {that} in the place where it was said to them, Ye {are} not my people; there shall they be called, The children of the living God. 
9:26 And it shall come to pass, {that} in the place where it was said to them, Ye {are} not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. 

9:27 Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 
9:27 Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 

9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut {it} short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 
9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut {it} short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 

9:29 And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah. 
9:29 And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah. 

9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles who followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith: 
9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith. 

9:31 But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 
9:31 But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 

9:32 Why? Because {they sought it} not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone; 
9:32 Why? Because {they sought it} not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 

9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone, and rock of offense: and whoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 
9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.