Verse 9
Romans 9:9
Free Bible Version
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This is what the promise was: “I will return next year and Sarah will have a son.”
Original Language Text
greek
ἐπαγγελίας γὰρ ὁ λόγος οὗτος· Κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἐλεύσομαι καὶ ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱός.
English Translation
For this is the promise: At this appointed time I will come, and there will be a son to Sarah.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
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I am in Christ, and what I say is true. I'm not lying! My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm
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how terribly sad I am, how I have never-ending pain in my heart,
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for my own people, my brothers and sisters. I would rather be cursed myself, separated from Christ,...
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They are my fellow-Israelites, God (Elohim)'s chosen people. God (Elohim) revealed to them his glory...
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They are our forefathers—ancestors of Christ, humanly-speaking, the one who rules over everything, t...
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It's not that God (Elohim)'s promise has failed. For not every Israelite is a true Israelite,
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and not all those who are descended from Abraham are his true children. For Scripture says, “Your de...
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so it's not Abraham's actual children who are counted as God (Elohim)'s children, but only those chi...
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This is what the promise was: “I will return next year and Sarah will have a son.”
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In addition Rebecca's twin sons had the same father, our forefather Isaac.
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But even before the children were born, and before they'd done anything right or wrong (so that God...
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she was told, “The older brother will serve the younger one.”
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As Scripture says, “I chose Jacob, but rejected Esau.”
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So what should we conclude? That God (Elohim) was unjust? Certainly not!
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As he said to Moses, “I will be merciful to whoever I should show mercy, and I will have compassion...
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So it does not depend on what we want, or our own efforts, but the merciful nature of God (Elohim).
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Scripture records God (Elohim) saying to Pharaoh: “I put you here for a reason—so that through you I...
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So God (Elohim) is merciful to those he wishes to be, and hardens the attitude of those he wants to.
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Now you'll argue with me and ask, “So why does he still blame us then? Who can resist the will of Go...
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That's no way to speak, for who are you—a mere mortal—to contradict God (Elohim)? Can something that...
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Doesn't a potter have the right to use the same batch of clay to make both a decorative bowl and an...
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It's as if God (Elohim), wanting to demonstrate his opposition to sin and to reveal his power, bears...
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so that he might reveal the greatness of his glory through these “pots of mercy” which he has prepar...
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This is who we are—people he has called, not just from among the Jews, but from among the foreigners...
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As God (Elohim) said in the book of Hosea, “Those who are not my people I will call my people, and t...
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and, “It will happen that at the place where they were told, ‘You're not my people,’ there they will...
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Isaiah cries out regarding Israel: “Even if the children of Israel have become as numerous as the sa...
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For the Lord is going to quickly and completely finish his work of judgment on the earth.”
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As Isaiah previously said, “If the Lord Almighty had not left us some descendants, we would have bec...
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What shall we conclude, then? That even though the foreigners were not even looking to do right, the...
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But the people of Israel, who looked to the law to make them right with God (Elohim), never succeede...
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Why not? Because they relied on what they did rather than trusting in God (Elohim). They tripped on...
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just as Scripture predicted: “Look, I'm placing in Zion a stumbling-block, a rock that will offend p...
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