Romans 11
1 I say then, did God cast away His people? Let it not be! For I am also an Israelite, of the seed 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 cast away His people whom He knew before; have you not known—in Elijah—what the Writing says? How he pleads with God concerning Israel, saying,
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 killed Your prophets, and they dug down Your altars, and I was 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 what does the divine answer say to him? “I left to Myself seven thousand men who did not bow a knee to Ba‘al.”
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 So then also in the present time there has been a remnant according to the [divine] selection 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, no longer of works, otherwise grace becomes no longer grace; and if 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? What Israel seeks after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen obtained, 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 has been written: “God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to 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 and David says, “Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a repayment 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—not to behold, and You always bow down their back.”
Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.
11 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;
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 and if their fall [is] the riches of [the] world, and their diminishment the riches of nations, 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 to you I speak—to the nations—inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, 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 I will arouse my own flesh to jealousy by any means, and will save some of them,
if somehow I may provoke my flesh to jealousy and may save some of them.
15 for if the casting away of them [is] a reconciliation of the world, what the reception—if not life out of the dead?
For if the casting away of them is reconciliation of the world, what is the acceptance except life from the dead?
16 And if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
And if the first fruit is holy, the branch is also. And if the root is holy, the branches are also.
17 And if certain of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness 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 against the branches; and if you boast, you do not bear the root, but the root 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, “The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in”; right!
Thou will therefore say, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.
20 By unbelief they were broken off, and you have stood by faith; do not be high-minded, but be fearing;
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—lest perhaps He also will not spare you.
for if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps neither will he spare thee.
22 Behold, then, goodness and severity of God—on those indeed who fell, severity; and on you, goodness, if you may remain in the 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 And those also, if they may not remain in 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, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, were cut out, and contrary to nature, were grafted into a good olive tree, how much rather will they, who [are] according to nature, 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 wish you to be ignorant, brothers, of this secret—that you may not be wise in your own conceits—that hardness in part to Israel has happened until the fullness of the nations may 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, according as it has been written: “There will come forth out of Zion He who is delivering, and He will turn away impiety 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 and this to them [is] the covenant from Me when I may take away their sins.”
And this is the covenant from me to them when I will take away their sins.
28 As regards, indeed, the good tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; and as regards the [divine] selection—beloved on account of the fathers;
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 also once did not believe in God, and now found kindness by the unbelief of these,
For as ye once were also disobedient to God, but now have received mercy at the disobedience of these,
31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
so also now these have been disobedient for thy mercy, so that they also may receive mercy.
32 for God shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. (eleēsē g1653)
For God has confined all men in disobedience, so that he might be merciful to all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
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 knew the mind of the LORD? Or who became His counselor?
For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who became his counselor?
35 Or who first gave to Him, and it will be given back to him again?
Or who first gave to him, and it will be repaid to him?
