6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who

are descended from Israel; 7 nor are they all children because they are Abraham's

descendants , but: " through Isaac your descendants will be named." 8 That is, it is

not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise

are regarded as descendants . 9 For this is the word of promise: "At this time I will

come, and Sarah shall have a son." 10 And not only this, but there was Rebekah also,

when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac; 11 for though the twins

were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose

according to His choice would stand , not because of works but because of Him who

calls, 12 it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger." 13 Just as it is written,

"Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” 14 What shall we say then? There is no injustice

with God, is there? May it never be! 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." 16 So

then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who

has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I raised you

up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed

throughout the whole earth." 18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He

hardens whom He desires. 19 You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault?

For who resists His will?" 20 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers

back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, "Why did you make me

like this," will it? 21 Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from

the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use? 22 What

if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known,

endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? 23 And He

did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He

prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us, whom He also called, not from among

Jews only, but also from among Gentiles. 25 As He says also in Hosea, "I will call

those who were not My people, 'My people,’ And her who was not beloved, 'beloved.'

“ 26 "And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My

people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.” 27 Isaiah cries out

concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the

sea, it is the remnant that will be saved; 28 For the Lord will execute His word on the

earth, thoroughly and quickly ." 29 And just as Isaiah foretold, "Unless the Lord of

Sabaoth HAD LEFT TO US A POSTERITY , We would have become like Sodom, and

would have resembled Gomorrah.” Romans 9:6-29 NASB