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Romans 9

Paul expresses deep sorrow for unbelieving Israelites despite their extraordinary covenant privileges. He argues that God’s word has not failed, because the line of promise has always been governed by God’s sovereign choice—Isaac rather than Ishmael, Jacob rather than Esau. He defends God’s freedom to show mercy and harden within His redemptive purpose, uses potter-and-clay imagery, and closes by explaining Israel’s stumbling: Gentiles attained righteousness by faith, while Israel pursued a law of righteousness as though it were by works and stumbled at Christ.

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Paul expresses deep sorrow for unbelieving Israelites despite their extraordinary covenant privileges. He argues that God’s word has not failed, because the line of promise has always been governed by God’s sovereign choice—Isaac rather than Ishmael, Jacob rather than Esau. He defends God’s freedom to show mercy and harden within His redemptive purpose, uses potter-and-clay imagery, and closes by explaining Israel’s stumbling: Gentiles attained righteousness by faith, while Israel pursued a law of righteousness as though it were by works and stumbled at Christ.

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Verses 1–5Paul grieves over Israel and recounts their great privilegesVerses 6–18God’s word has not failed, and Paul points to God’s sovereign choices in Israel’s historyVerses 19–29Paul answers objections and explains God’s patience, mercy, and preservation of a remnantVerses 30–33Gentiles attained righteousness by faith while Israel stumbled by seeking righteousness through the law
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1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my…2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my…3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ…4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the…5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the…6Not as though the word of God hath taken none…7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they…8That is, They which are the children of the flesh,…9For this is the word of promise, At this time…10And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived…11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done…12It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the…13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau…14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God?…15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on…16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor…17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same…18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy,…19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet…20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against…21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the…22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to…23And that he might make known the riches of his…24Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews…25As he saith also in Osee, I will call them…26And it shall come to pass, that in the place…27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the…28For he will finish the work, and cut it short…29And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth…30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed…31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath…32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as…33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a…