Rom 9:6-23 | ESV | STEP | But it is not as though the word of God has failed . For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel ,

gCited from Gen. 25:23

hCited from Mal. 1:2, 3

i Deut. 32:4; 2 Chr. 19:7; Job 8:3; 34:10; Ps. 92:15

jCited from Ex. 33:19

lCited from Ex. 9:16

m 2 Chr. 20:6; Job 9:12; Dan. 4:35

n Job 33:13

o Isa. 29:16; 45:9

p Isa. 64:8; Jer. 18:6

q 2 Tim. 2:20

r[ver. 21, 23; Acts 9:15]

s[Prov. 16:4; 1 Pet. 2:8]

t Eph. 3:16; See ch. 2:4

u[ch. 8:29]

Romans 9:6-23

6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7 and not all are children of Abraham ^abecause they are his offspring, but ^b“Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but ^cthe children of the promise are counted as offspring. 9 For this is what the promise said: ^d“About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.” 10 And not only so, but ^ealso when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, 11 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 ^fhim who calls— 12 she was told, ^g“The older will serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, ^h“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

14 What shall we say then? ⁱIs there injustice on God’s part? By no means! 15 For he says to Moses, ^j“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, ^{▼▼Greek not of him who wills or runs} but on God, who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, ^l“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.” 18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For ^mwho can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, ⁿto answer back to God? ^oWill what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 ^pHas the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump ^qone vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience ^rvessels of wrath ^sprepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known ^tthe riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he ^uhas prepared beforehand for glory—