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God’s Sovereign Choice
I am speaking the truth in Christ — I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit —
I am speaking the truth in Christ — I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit —
Israel’s Rejection of Christ
I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,
Israel’s Rejection and God’s Purpose
But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel,
But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel,
and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”
nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.”
This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
For this is what the promise said: “About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.”
For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”
And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac,
And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac
though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad — in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls —
(for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),
she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
it was said to her, “The older shall serve the younger.”
As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”
What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means!
Israel’s Rejection and God’s Justice
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!
For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”
So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”
But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory —
and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,
even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
As indeed he says in Hosea,
“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
As He says also in Hosea:
“I will call them My people, who were not My people,
And her beloved, who was not beloved.”
“I will call them My people, who were not My people,
And her beloved, who was not beloved.”
“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
“And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them,
‘You are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of the living God.”
‘You are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of the living God.”
Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel:
“Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,
The remnant will be saved.
“Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,
The remnant will be saved.
for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.”
And as Isaiah predicted,
“If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.”
“If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.”
Israel’s Unbelief
What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;
What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;
Present Condition of Israel
What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;
What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,