Romans 9

¹Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,

²that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart —

³for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ — for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,

⁴who are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

⁵whose [are] the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.

⁶And it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who [are] of Israel are these Israel;

⁷nor because they are seed of Abraham [are] all children, but — 'in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

⁸that is, the children of the flesh — these [are] not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

⁹for the word of promise [is] this; 'According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.'

¹⁰And not only [so], but also Rebecca, having conceived by one — Isaac our father —

¹¹(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her —

¹²'The greater shall serve the less;'

¹³according as it hath been written, 'Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'