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 say, then—Hath God cast off his people? Far be it! For, I also, am an Israelite, —of the seed 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 hath not cast off his people, whom he fore approved. Or know ye not, in [the account of] Elijah what the scripture saith, when he intercedeth 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! Thy prophets, have they slain, thine altars, have they overthrown, and, I, am left alone, and they are seeking 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 what saith unto him the response? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who, indeed, have not bowed a knee unto Baal.
5 In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.
Thus, then, in the present season also, a remnant, by way of an election of favour, hath come into being.
6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
If, however, by favour, no longer of works; else, favour, no longer proveth to be favour!
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 seeketh after, the same, it hath not obtained: —the election, however, have obtained it, and, the rest, have been 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.
Even as it is written—God hath given unto them a spirit of stupor, —eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, —until 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:
And, David, saith—Let their table be turned into a snare, and into gin, and into a trap, and into a recompense unto them,
10 Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.
Darkened be their eyes, not to see, and, their back, do thou continually bow down.
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 say then—Did they stumble in order that they might fall? Far be it! But, by their fall, salvation [hath come] unto the nations, to the end of provoking 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?
If, moreover, their fall, is the riches of a world, and their loss, the riches of nations, how much rather 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:
Unto you, however, am I speaking, —you of the nations; inasmuch, indeed, then, as, I, am an apostle to the nations, my ministry, I glorify,
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 my own flesh, and save some from among 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 casting away of them, hath become the reconciling of a world, what shall, the taking of them in addition, be, but life from among 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, moreover, the first fruit [is] holy, the lump [shall be] also; and, if the root [is] holy, the branches [shall be] also.
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,
If, however, some of the branches, have been broken out, and, thou, being a wild olive hast been grafted in among them, and hast become a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive,
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.
Be not boasting over the branches! Howbeit, if thou boast, it is not, thou, that bearest the root, but the root, thee!
19 You will say, Branches were broken off so that I might be put in.
Thou wilt say, then—Branches were broken out in order that, I, might he 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;
Well: by their want of faith, they have been broken out, —and, thou, by thy faith, dost stand!—Regard not lofty things, but be afraid;
21 For, if God did not have mercy on the natural branches, he will not have mercy on you.
For, if, God, hath not spared, the natural branches, neither, thee, will he spare!
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 kindness and the severity of God: upon them who have fallen, severity, —but, upon thee, the kindness of God, if thou abide still in the kindness, —otherwise, thou also, shalt he cut out;
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.
Whereas, they also, unless they abide still in their want of faith, shall be grafted in, for God is, able, again to engraft them!
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, thou, out of the naturally wild olive was cut out, and, beyond nature, hast been engrafted into the good olive, how much rather, shall these, the natural [branches] be engrafted 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 wish not, ye should be ignorant, brethren, of this sacred secret, lest within yourselves ye be presumptuous, that, a hardening in part, hath befallen Israel, until, the full measure of the nations, shall 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 shall be saved: even as it is written—There shall have 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.
And, this, for them, is the covenant from me, as soon as I 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.
As touching the joyful-message, indeed, they are enemies for your sake, but, as touching the election, beloved for their father’s sake;
29 Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.
For, not to be regretted, are the gifts and the calling of God: —
30 For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
For, just as, ye, at one time had not yielded unto God, and yet now have received mercy by their refusal to yield,
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.
So, these also, have now refused to yield, by your own mercy, in order that, themselves also, should now become objects of 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 hath shut up all together, in a refusal to yield, in order that, upon all, he may bestow mercy. (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 and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments! and untraceable his ways!
34 Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?
For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord? Or who hath become his counselor?
35 Or who has first given to him, and it will be given back to him again?
Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?
