Romans 11
1 I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
I say then: Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:
God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture saith of Elias; how he calleth on God against Israel?
3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?
Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men, that have not bowed their knees to Baal.
5 In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
Even so then at this present time also, there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace.
6 And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
7 What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it; and the rest have been blinded.
8 as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
As it is written: God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see; and ears that they should not hear, until this present day.
9 And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
And David saith: Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them.
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see: and bow down their back always.
11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
I say then, have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. But by their offence, salvation is come to the Gentiles, that they may be emulous of them.
12 But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
Now if the offence of them be the riches of the world, and the diminution of them, the riches of the Gentiles; how much more the fulness of them?
13 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
For I say to you, Gentiles: as long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,
14 in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16 If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
And if some of the branches be broken, and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them, and art made partaker of the root, and of the fatness of the olive tree,
18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
Thou wilt say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
Well: because of unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith: be not highminded, but fear.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
For if God hath not spared the natural branches, fear lest perhaps he also spare not thee.
22 Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
See then the goodness and the severity of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the severity; but towards thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide in goodness, otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
For if thou wert cut out of the wild olive tree, which is natural to thee; and, contrary to nature, were grafted into the good olive tree; how much more shall they that are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, (lest you should be wise in your own conceits), that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.
26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
And this is to them my covenant: when I shall take away their sins.
28 Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
As concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are most dear for the sake of the fathers.
29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.
30 Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
For as you also in times past did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy, through their unbelief;
31 so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.
So these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone. (eleēsē g1653)
For God hath concluded all in unbelief, that he may have mercy on all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?
35 “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him?
