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 then, Has God cast away his people? Far be the thought. For I also am an Israelite, of [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 has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture says in [the history of] Elias, how he pleads with God against 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, they have dug down thine altars; and I have been 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 says the divine answer to him? I have left to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed knee to Baal.
5 So then also in the present time there has been a remnant according to the [divine] selection of grace;
Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election 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.
But if by grace, no longer of works: since [otherwise] grace is no more grace.
7 What then? What Israel seeks after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen obtained, and the rest were hardened,
What [is it] then? What Israel seeks for, that he has not obtained; but the election has obtained, and the rest have been blinded,
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,”
according as it is written, God has given to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this 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 be for a snare, and for a gin, and for a fall-trap, and for a recompense 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 bow down their back alway.
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, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall [there is] salvation to the nations 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?
But if their fall [be the] world's wealth, and their loss [the] wealth of [the] nations, how much rather their fulness?
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 nations, inasmuch as I am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
14 if I will arouse my own flesh to jealousy by any means, and will save some of them,
if by any means I shall provoke to jealousy [them which are] my flesh, and shall save some from among 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 their casting away [be the] world's reconciliation, what [their] reception but life from among [the] dead?
16 And if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
Now if the first-fruit [be] holy, the lump also; and if the root [be] holy, the branches 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—
Now if some of the branches have been broken out, and thou, being a wild olive tree, hast been grafted in amongst them, and hast become a fellow-partaker of the root and 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!
boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, [it is] not thou bearest the root, but the root thee.
19 You will say, then, “The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in”; right!
Thou wilt say then, The branches have been broken out in order 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;
Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and thou standest through 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.
if God indeed has not spared the natural branches; lest it might be he spare not thee either.
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 then [the] goodness and severity of God: upon them who have fallen, severity; upon thee goodness of God, if thou shalt abide in goodness, since [otherwise] thou also wilt be cut away.
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 they too, if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able again to graft them in.
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 hast been cut out of the olive tree wild by nature, and, contrary to nature, hast been grafted into the good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature 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 wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be 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 shall be saved. According as it is written, The deliverer shall come out of Zion; he shall turn away ungodliness 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 shall have taken 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;
As regards the glad tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers.
29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable;
For the gifts and the calling of God [are] not subject to repentance.
30 for as you also once did not believe in God, and now found kindness by the unbelief of these,
For as indeed ye [also] once have not believed in God, but now have been objects of mercy through the unbelief of these;
31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
so these also have now not believed in your mercy, in order that they also may be objects of mercy.
32 for God shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. (eleēsē g1653)
For God hath shut up together all in unbelief, in order that he might shew mercy to all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
O depth of riches both of [the] wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable his judgments, and untraceable his ways!
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 has been his counsellor?
35 Or who first gave to Him, and it will be given back to him again?
or who has first given to him, and it shall be rendered to him?
