Verse 14
Romans 9:14
New Living Translation
14
Are we saying, then, that God (Elohim) was unfair? Of course not!
Original Language Text
greek
Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; μὴ ἀδικία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ; μὴ γένοιτο·
English Translation
What then shall we say? Is there injustice with God? May it not be!
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
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With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confir...
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My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief
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for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed — cut off fro...
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They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God (Elohim)’s adopted children. God (Elohim) revealed h...
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Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are their ancestors, and Christ himself was an Israelite as far as his hum...
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Well then, has God (Elohim) failed to fulfill his promise to Israel? No, for not all who are born in...
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Being descendants of Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say, “Is...
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8
This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God (Elohim). Only th...
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9
For God (Elohim) had promised, “I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
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This son was our ancestor Isaac. When he married Rebekah, she gave birth to twins.
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But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from Go...
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he calls people, but not according to their good or bad works.) She was told, “Your older son will s...
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13
In the words of the Scriptures, “I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau.”
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14
Are we saying, then, that God (Elohim) was unfair? Of course not!
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For God (Elohim) said to Moses, “I will show mercy to anyone I choose,<br>and I will show compassion...
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So it is God (Elohim) who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it.
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For the Scriptures say that God (Elohim) told Pharaoh, “I have appointed you for the very purpose of...
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So you see, God (Elohim) chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of other...
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Well then, you might say, “Why does God (Elohim) blame people for not responding? Haven’t they simpl...
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No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God (Elohim)? Should the thing th...
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When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make o...
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In the same way, even though God (Elohim) has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very...
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He does this to make the riches of his glory shine even brighter on those to whom he shows mercy, wh...
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And we are among those whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.
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Concerning the Gentiles, God (Elohim) says in the prophecy of Hosea, “Those who were not my people,<...
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And, “Then, at the place where they were told,<br>‘You are not my people,’<br>there they will be cal...
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And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out, “Though the people of Israel are as numerous as...
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For the LORD will carry out his sentence upon the earth<br>quickly and with finality.”<br>
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And Isaiah said the same thing in another place: “If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies<br>had not spared a...
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What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to follow God (Elohim)’s standards...
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But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God (Elohim) by keeping the law, never...
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Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God (Elohim) by keeping the law instead of by tr...
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God (Elohim) warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said, “I am placing a stone in Jerusalem...
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