Romans 9:1-18

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Romans 9:1-18

1I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
2I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
5Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
6It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
7Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
8So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
9For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
10Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
12not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
15For He says to Moses:
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
16So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
17For the 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.”
18Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
— Romans 9:1-18

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