Romans 11
1 So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
I ask then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,
God did not reject his people, which he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
3 Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life.
"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."
4 But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.
But how does God answer him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
5 In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.
7 What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
8 As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.
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.
9 And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:
David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
10 Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see, and their backs be bent continually."
11 So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.
I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? Absolutely not. But by their fall salvation has come to the non-Jews, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now, if their fall is the wealth of the world, and their loss the wealth of the Gentiles, how much greater will be the glory when they are made full?
Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the non-Jews; how much more their fullness?
13 But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:
For I speak to you who are the non-Jews. Since then as I am an apostle to the non-Jews, I glorify my ministry;
14 If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?
For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
16 And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
If the first part is holy, so is the whole batch. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile,
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 rich root of the olive tree;
18 Do not be uplifted in pride over the branches: because it is not you who are the support of the root, but it is by the root that you are supported.
do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say, Branches were broken off so that I might be put in.
You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."
20 Truly, because they had no faith they were broken off, and you have your place by reason of your faith. Do not be lifted up in pride, but have fear;
True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
21 For, if God did not have mercy on the natural branches, he will not have mercy on you.
for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
22 See then that God is good but his rules are fixed: to those who were put away he was hard, but to you he has been good, on the condition that you keep in his mercy; if not, you will be cut off as they were.
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.
23 And they, if they do not go on without faith, will be united to the tree again, because God is able to put them in again.
They also, 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 a field olive-tree, and against the natural use were united to a good olive-tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be united again with the olive-tree which was theirs?
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?
25 For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the non-Jews has come in,
26 And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:
and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer; he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 And this is my agreement with them, when I will take away their sins.
This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."
28 As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.
Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are loved for the fathers' sake.
29 Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
30 For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
31 So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.
even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may now also obtain mercy.
32 For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all. (eleēsē g1653)
For God has bound everyone over to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
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.
34 Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?
For "Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
35 Or who has first given to him, and it will be given back to him again?
"Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"
