Romans 9:1-15

God’s Chosen People, Israel

^aI am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. 3 For ^aI could ¹wish that I myself were ^baccursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen ^caccording to the flesh, 4 who are ^aIsraelites, to whom belongs ^bthe adoption as sons, and ^cthe glory and ^dthe covenants and ^ethe giving of the Law and ^fthe temple service and ^gthe promises, 5 whose are ^athe fathers, and ^bfrom whom is the ¹Christ according to the flesh, ^cwho is ^dGod over all, ^eblessed ²forever. Amen.
6 But it is not as though ^athe word of God has failed. ^bFor they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; 7 nor are they all children ^abecause they are Abraham’s seed, but: “¹^bthrough Isaac your seed will be named.” 8 That is, the children of the flesh are not the ^achildren of God, but the ^bchildren of the promise are considered as seed. 9 For this is the word of promise: “^aAt this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.” 10 ^aAnd not only this, but there was ^bRebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac; 11 for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that the ^apurpose of God according to His choice would ¹stand, not ²because of works but ²because of Him who calls, 12 it was said to her, “^aThe older shall serve the younger.” 13 Just as it is written, “^aJacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 ^aWhat shall we say then? ^bIs there any unrighteousness with God? ^cMay it never be! 15 For He says to Moses, “^aI will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

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