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9:1  I speak the truth in The Messiah, and I do not lie; my conscience bears witness to me in The Spirit of Holiness,
9:2  That I have great unceasing sorrow and affliction from my heart,
9:3  For I have been praying that I myself might be destroyed from The Messiah, for the sake of my brethren and my kinsman, who are in the flesh,
9:4  Who are the children of Israel, whose was the adoption of children, the glory, The Covenant, The Written Law, the ministry which is in it, The Promises,
9:5  And the Patriarchs; and from them The Messiah appeared in the flesh, who is The God Who is over all, to Whom are praises and blessings to the eternity of eternities, amen.
9:6  But it was not that the word of God had failed, for they were not all of Israel, who are Israel;
9:7  Neither because they are of his seed are they all children of Abraham, because it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.”
9:8  But this is not because the children of the flesh are the children of God, but the children of The Promise are accounted for the seed.
9:9  For The Promise is this word: “At this time, I will come and Sarah will have a son.”
9:10  And not only this, but Rebecca also, when she had a conjugal relation with our father Isaac,
9:11  Before her children were to be born or would do good or evil, the choice of God was revealed beforehand that this would stand not by works, but by him who called.
9:12  For it was said, “The elder shall be a Servant to the younger”,
9:13  As it is written: “I have loved Jacob and I have hated Esau.”
9:14  What shall we say, therefore? Is there evil with God? God forbid!
9:15  Behold, he said also to Moses, “I shall show love on whomever I love, and I shall take pity on whomever I pity.”
9:16  Therefore it is not by means of him who wills, neither by means of him who runs, but in the hand of God, the merciful.
9:17  For he said in the Scriptures to Pharaoh, “For this I have raised you up, that I may show my power with you, and that my name may be declared in the whole Earth.”
9:18  So then, he shows compassion on whomever he will, and whomever he will, he hardens.
9:19  Doubtless you will say, “Why does he find fault, for who stands against his will?”
9:20  Therefore, who are you, oh son of man, that you give a rebuttal to God? Does the thing formed say to the one who formed it, “Why have you made me this way?”
9:21  Or is not a potter authorized over the clay to make some formed things from it, one vessel for honor and one for dishonor?
9:22  But surely God was willing to show his wrath and reveal his power, bringing wrath with a multitude of patience against vessels of wrath that were perfected for destruction,
9:23  And his love overflowed on the vessels of compassion that were prepared by God for glory;
9:24  For we are called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles.
9:25  Just as it says also in Hosea: “I shall call those who were not my people, 'My people', and you who were not beloved, 'Beloved'.
9:26  For it shall be in the place where they were called, “Not my people”, there they shall be called children of THE LIVING GOD.”
9:27  But Isaiah preached against the children of Israel: “If the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be saved.”
9:28  He has cut the matter short and has cut it off; THE LORD JEHOVAH shall do it upon The Earth.
9:29  And as that which Isaiah said before: “If THE LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts had not left survivors, we would have been like Sadom and we would have been like Amorah.
9:30  What shall we say, therefore? The Gentiles, who did not run after righteousness have obtained righteousness, even the righteousness which is from faith,
9:31  But Israel that had run after The Written Law of righteousness did not obtain the Law of righteousness?
9:32  Why? Because it was not from faith, but from the works of The Written Law, for they were stumbled at the stumbling stone,
9:33  As it is written: “Behold. I have laid down in Zion a stumbling stone and a stone of offense and whoever will believe in him will not be disappointed.”