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Romans 9

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Romans 9 . 1

1 I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:1

Romans 9 . 2

2 I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:2

Romans 9 . 3

3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:3

Romans 9 . 4

4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:4

Romans 9 . 5

5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:5

Romans 9 . 14

14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:14

Romans 9 . 15

15 For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”IPExodus 33:19CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:15TTCovenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved)

Romans 9 . 16

16 So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:16

Romans 9 . 17

17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”IPExodus 9:16CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:17TTPlagues of Egypt (Judgment on False Gods)

Romans 9 . 18

18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to hardenCRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:18

Romans 9 . 19

19 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:19

Romans 9 . 20

20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”IPIsaiah 29:16CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:20TTWisdom and Foolishness of the Cross

Romans 9 . 21

21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?IPIsaiah 29:16CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:21TTWisdom and Foolishness of the Cross

Romans 9 . 22

22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:22

Romans 9 . 23

23 What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:23

Romans 9 . 24

24 including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?CRomans 09:1-29TOSKRomans 9:24

Romans 9 . 25

25 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”IPHosea 2:23CRomans 09:1-29 Romans 09:25-29TOSKRomans 9:25TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Marriage (Christ and His Bride) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved) Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry)

Romans 9 . 26

26 and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”IPHosea 2:23 Hosea 1:10CRomans 09:1-29 Romans 09:25-29TOSKRomans 9:26TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Marriage (Christ and His Bride) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved) Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry)

Romans 9 . 27

27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.IPIsaiah 10:22CRomans 09:1-29 Romans 09:25-29TOSKRomans 9:27TTCovenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved)

Romans 9 . 28

28 For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”IPIsaiah 10:22CRomans 09:1-29 Romans 09:25-29TOSKRomans 9:28TTCovenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved)

Romans 9 . 29

29 It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”IPIsaiah 10:22 Isaiah 1:9CRomans 09:1-29 Romans 09:25-29TOSKRomans 9:29TTCovenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved)

Romans 9 . 30

30 What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;CRomans 09:30-10:21TOSKRomans 9:30

Romans 9 . 31

31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.TOSKRomans 9:31

Romans 9 . 32

32 Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,TOSKRomans 9:32

Romans 9 . 33

33 as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”IPIsaiah 28:16 Isaiah 8:14TOSKRomans 9:33TTCovenant Succession (Inheritance and Election) Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved) Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation)

Linked Mentions 36

Intertextuality Pairs 13

Trajectory Tables 11

Anchor Texts 4

Chiasm 4

Cycles 4

In the wider web28 threads

Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations Romans 9:10-13 → Genesis 25:23, Romans 9:13 → Malachi 1:2-3, Romans 9:15 → Exodus 33:19, Romans 9:17 → Exodus 9:16, Romans 9:25-26 → Hosea 2:23, Romans 9:26 → Hosea 1:10, Romans 9:27-29 → Isaiah 10:22, Romans 9:29 → Isaiah 1:9, Romans 9:33 → Isaiah 28:16, Romans 9:33 → Isaiah 8:14, Romans 9:6-9 → Genesis 21:12, Romans 9:9 → Genesis 18:10

Allusions Romans 9:20-21 → Isaiah 29:16

Trajectories

Church as Israel (New Covenant People), Covenant Succession (Inheritance and Election), Esau (The Profane Person), Isaac (Child of Promise), Jacob (Transformed Supplanter), Marriage (Christ and His Bride), Plagues of Egypt (Judgment on False Gods), Remnant (Faithful Few Preserved), Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring), Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry), Stone and Cornerstone (Rejected Foundation), Wisdom and Foolishness of the Cross

Chiasms

Shaped Romans 09:1–29, Romans 09:25–29, Romans 09:30–10:21