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, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! 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 did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known — in Elijah — what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,
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, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was 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 left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a knee to Baal.'
5 In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;
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, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.
7 What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,
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.”
according as it hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' — unto this very 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 become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
let their eyes be darkened — not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'
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, Did they stumble that they might fall? let it not be! but by their fall the salvation [is] to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;
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!
and if the fall of them [is] the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, 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 to you I speak — to the nations — inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;
14 in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall 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 casting away of them [is] a reconciliation of the world, what the reception — if not life out of 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.
and if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
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 certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become —
18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear 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 graffed in;' right!
20 That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
for if God the natural branches did not spare — lest perhaps He also shall not spare 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.
Lo, then, goodness and severity of God — upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the 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 those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, shall be graffed in, for God is able again to graff them in;
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, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who [are] according to nature, be graffed 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 do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret — that ye may not be wise in your own conceits — that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may 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 shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,
27 And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
and this to them [is] the covenant from Me, when I may 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 regards, indeed, the good tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; and as regards the choice — beloved on account of the fathers;
29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
for unrepented of [are] the gifts and the calling of God;
30 Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:
31 so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.
so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
32 For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone. (eleēsē g1653)
for God did shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. (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 depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
for who did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor?
35 “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?
