Romans 11
1 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or do not you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
God did not thrust away his people whom he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture tells by Elijah? How he encounters God about Israel.
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and they have torn down thine altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
So then also at this present time there has become a remnant according to the selection of grace.
6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
And if it is by grace, it is no longer from works, otherwise grace becomes no longer grace. But if it is from works it is no longer grace, otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain. But the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened,
8 According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”
just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day.
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.
11 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
I say then, did they stumble so that they would fall? May it not happen! But in their transgression, salvation is to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
Now if their transgression is wealth of the world, and their failure is wealth of Gentiles, how much more their fullness?
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
For I speak to you the Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of Gentiles, I enhance my ministry,
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
if somehow I may provoke my flesh to jealousy and may save some of them.
15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
For if the casting away of them is reconciliation of the world, what is the acceptance except life from the dead?
16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
And if the first fruit is holy, the branch is also. And if the root is holy, the branches are also.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,
And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,
18 do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
do not boast against the branches. But if thou boast, thou do not bear the root, but the root thee.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
Thou will therefore say, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.
20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
Correct! They were broken off for their unbelief, and thou stand by thy faith. Be not high-minded but fear,
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
for if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps neither will he spare thee.
22 See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
Behold therefore the goodness and the severity of God. Indeed toward those who fell, severity, but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou too will be cut off.
23 They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
And also those, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree.
25 For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you will not be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.
26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written, The man who delivers will come from Zion, and will turn away impiety from Jacob.
27 This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
And this is the covenant from me to them when I will take away their sins.
28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
They are indeed enemies toward the good news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
For as ye once were also disobedient to God, but now have received mercy at the disobedience of these,
31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
so also now these have been disobedient for thy mercy, so that they also may receive mercy.
For God has confined all men in disobedience, so that he might be merciful to all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
O the depth of wealth, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond finding out!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who became his counselor?
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
Or who first gave to him, and it will be repaid to him?
