Romans 9

¹I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

²That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

³For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:

⁴Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

⁵Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

⁶But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:

⁷And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

⁸That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

⁹For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

¹⁰And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac —

¹¹Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

¹²It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

¹³Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.