<vn='1'>I <sn="3004">say</s> the <sn="225">truth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, I <sn="5574">lie</s><sn="3756">not</s>, <sn="3450">my</s><sn="4893">conscience</s> also bearing me <sn="4828 3427">witness</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3754">That</s><sn="3427">I</s><sn="2076">have</s><sn="3173">great</s><sn="3077">heaviness</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="88">continual</s><sn="3601">sorrow</s> in <sn="3450">my</s><sn="2588">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1473">I</s> could <sn="2172">wish</s> that <sn="848">myself</s><sn="1511">were</s><sn="331">accursed</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="3450">my</s><sn="4773">kinsmen</s><sn="2596">according</s> to the <sn="4561">flesh</s>: </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3748">Who</s><sn="1526">are</s><sn="2475">Israelites</s>; to <sn="3739">whom</s> pertaineth <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5206">adoption</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1391">glory</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1242">covenants</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s> giving of the <sn="3548">law</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2999">service</s> of God, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promises</s>; </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3739">Whose</s> are <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">fathers</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3739">whom</s> as <sn="2596">concerning</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> came, who <sn="5607">is</s><sn="1909">over</s><sn="3956">all</s>, <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2128">blessed</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s>. <sn="281">Amen</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="*1161"></s><sn="3756">Not</s> as <sn="3754 *3634">though</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> hath taken none <sn="1601">effect</s>. <sn="1063">For</s><sn="3778">they</s> are <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="2474">Israel</s>, <sn="3588">which</s> are <sn="1537">of</s><sn="2474">Israel</s>: </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3761">Neither</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> they <sn="1526">are</s> the <sn="4690">seed</s> of <sn="11">Abraham</s>, are they <sn="3956">all</s><sn="5043">children</s>: <sn="235">but</s>, <sn="1722">In</s><sn="2464">Isaac</s> shall <sn="4671">thy</s><sn="4690">seed</s> be <sn="2564">called</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>That <sn="5123">is</s>, They which are <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5043">children</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="5023">these</s> are <sn="3756">not</s> the <sn="5043">children</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="235">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5043">children</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promise</s> are <sn="3049">counted</s><sn="1519">for</s> the <sn="4690">seed</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3778">this</s> is <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="1860">promise</s>, <sn="2596">At</s><sn="5126">this</s><sn="2540">time</s> will I <sn="2064">come</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4564">Sarah</s> shall <sn="2071">have</s> a <sn="5207">son</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3440">only</s> this; <sn="235">but</s> when <sn="4479">Rebecca</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="2192">had</s><sn="2845">conceived</s><sn="1537">by</s><sn="1520">one</s>, even by <sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">father</s><sn="2464">Isaac</s>; </v>
<vn='11'>( <sn="1063">For</s> the children being not <sn="3380">yet</s><sn="1080">born</s>, <sn="3366">neither</s> having <sn="4238">done</s><sn="5100">any</s><sn="18">good</s><sn="2228">or</s><sn="2556">evil</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4286">purpose</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="1589">election</s> might <sn="3306">stand</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2041">works</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1537">of</s> him that <sn="2564">calleth</s>;) </v>
<vn='12'>It was <sn="4483">said</s> unto <sn="846">her</s>, <sn="3588">The</s><sn="3187">elder</s> shall <sn="1398">serve</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1640">younger</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2531">As</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, <sn="2384">Jacob</s> have I <sn="25">loved</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="2269">Esau</s> have I <sn="3404">hated</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="5101">What</s> shall we <sn="2046">say</s><sn="3767">then</s>? Is <sn="*3361">there</s><sn="93">unrighteousness</s><sn="3844">with</s><sn="2316">God</s>? God <sn="1096 3361">forbid</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1063">For</s> he <sn="3004">saith</s> to <sn="3475">Moses</s>, I will have <sn="1653">mercy</s> on <sn="3739 302">whom</s> I will have <sn="1653">mercy</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> I will have <sn="3627">compassion</s> on <sn="3739 302">whom</s> I will have <sn="3627">compassion</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="686">So</s><sn="3767">then</s> it is <sn="3756">not</s> of him that <sn="2309">willeth</s>, <sn="3761">nor</s> of him that <sn="5143">runneth</s>, <sn="235">but</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> that showeth <sn="1653">mercy</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1124">Scripture</s><sn="3004">saith</s> unto <sn="5328">Pharaoh</s>, Even <sn="1519">for</s> this same <sn="5124 846">purpose</s> have I raised thee <sn="1825 4571">up</s>, <sn="3704">that</s> I might <sn="1731">show</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="1411">power</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3704">that</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="3686">name</s> might be <sn="1229">declared</s><sn="1722">throughout</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="686 3767">Therefore</s> hath he <sn="1653">mercy</s> on <sn="3739">whom</s> he <sn="2309">will</s> have mercy, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="3739">whom</s> he <sn="2309">will</s> he <sn="4645">hardeneth</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Nay <sn="3304">but</s>, <sn="5599">O</s><sn="444">man</s>, <sn="5101">who</s><sn="1488">art</s><sn="4771">thou</s> that repliest <sn="470">against</s><sn="2316">God</s>? <sn="*3361">Shall</s><sn="3588">the</s> thing <sn="4110">formed</s><sn="2046">say</s> to him that <sn="4111">formed</s> it, <sn="5101">Why</s> hast thou <sn="4160">made</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="3779">thus</s>? </v>
<vn='21'><sn="*2228"></s><sn="2192">Hath</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2763">potter</s><sn="1849">power</s> over <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4081">clay</s>, <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">same</s><sn="5445">lump</s> to <sn="4160">make</s><sn="3739 3303">one</s><sn="4632">vessel</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="5092">honor</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="3739">another</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="819">dishonor</s>? </v>
<vn='22'><sn="*1161">What</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2309">willing</s> to <sn="1731">show</s> his <sn="3709">wrath</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to make his power <sn="1107 848 1415">known</s>, <sn="5342">endured</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="4183">much</s><sn="3115">longsuffering</s> the <sn="4632">vessels</s> of <sn="3709">wrath</s><sn="2675">fitted</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="684">destruction</s>: </v>
<vn='23'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2443">that</s> he might make <sn="1107">known</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4149">riches</s> of <sn="848">his</s><sn="1391">glory</s><sn="1909">on</s> the <sn="4632">vessels</s> of <sn="1656">mercy</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> he had afore <sn="4282">prepared</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="1391">glory</s>, </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2532">Even</s><sn="2248">us</s>, <sn="3739">whom</s> he hath <sn="2564">called</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="2453">Jews</s><sn="3440">only</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="1484">Gentiles</s>? </v>
<vn='25'><sn="5613">As</s> he <sn="3004">saith</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5617">Hosea</s>, I will <sn="2564">call</s> them <sn="3450">my</s><sn="2992">people</s>, <sn="3588">which</s> were <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="2992">people</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> her <sn="25">beloved</s>, which was not <sn="25 3756">beloved</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2532">And</s> it shall come to <sn="2071">pass</s>, that <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5117">place</s><sn="3757">where</s> it was <sn="4483">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, <sn="5210">Ye</s> are <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="2992">people</s>; <sn="1563">there</s> shall they be <sn="2564">called</s> the <sn="5207">children</s> of the <sn="2198">living</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2268">Isaiah</s><sn="1161">also</s><sn="2896">crieth</s><sn="5228">concerning</s><sn="2474">Israel</s>, <sn="1437">Though</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="706">number</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">children</s> of <sn="2474">Israel</s><sn="5600">be</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="285">sand</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2281">sea</s>, a <sn="2640">remnant</s> shall be <sn="4982">saved</s>: </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1063">For</s> he will <sn="4931">finish</s> the <sn="3056">work</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> cut it <sn="4932">short</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>: <sn="3754">because</s> a <sn="4932">short</s><sn="3056">work</s> will the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="4160">make</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2531">as</s><sn="2268">Isaiah</s> said <sn="4280">before</s>, <sn="1508">Except</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s> of <sn="4519">Sabaoth</s> had <sn="1459">left</s><sn="2254">us</s> a <sn="4690">seed</s>, we had <sn="1096 302">been</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="4670">Sodom</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> been made <sn="3666 302">like</s><sn="5613">unto</s><sn="1116">Gomorrah</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="5101">What</s> shall we <sn="2046">say</s><sn="3767">then</s>? <sn="3754">That</s> the <sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, <sn="3588">which</s><sn="1377">followed</s><sn="3361">not</s> after <sn="1343">righteousness</s>, have <sn="2638">attained</s> to <sn="1343">righteousness</s>, <sn="1161">even</s> the <sn="1343">righteousness</s><sn="3588">which</s> is <sn="1537">of</s><sn="4102">faith</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="2474">Israel</s>, which <sn="1377">followed</s> after the <sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="1343">righteousness</s>, hath <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5348">attained</s><sn="1519">to</s> the <sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="1343">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="1302">Wherefore</s>? <sn="3754">Because</s> they sought it <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">by</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="235">but</s> as it <sn="5613">were</s><sn="1537">by</s> the <sn="2041">works</s> of the <sn="3551">law</s>. <sn="1063">For</s> they <sn="4350">stumbled</s> at that <sn="4348 3037">stumblingstone</s>; </v>
<vn='33'><sn="2531">As</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, <sn="2400">Behold</s>, I <sn="5087">lay</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4622">Zion</s> a <sn="4348 3037">stumblingstone</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4073">rock</s> of <sn="4625">offense</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">whosoever</s><sn="4100">believeth</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="846">him</s> shall <sn="3756">not</s> be <sn="2617">ashamed</s>. </v>