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 Demaund then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid: for I also am an Israelite, of the seede of Abraham, of the tribe of Beniamin.
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 hath not cast away his people which he knew before. Know ye not what the Scripture sayth of Elias, howe hee communeth with God against Israel, saying,
3 “LORD, they killed Your prophets, and they dug down Your altars, and I was left alone, and they seek my life”;
Lord, they haue killed thy Prophets, and digged downe thine altars: and I am left alone, and they seeke 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 saith the answere of God to him? I haue reserued vnto my selfe seuen thousand men, which haue not bowed the knee to Baal.
5 So then also in the present time there has been a remnant according to the [divine] selection of grace;
Euen so then at this present time is there a remnant according to the 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.
And if it be of grace, it is no more of workes: or els were grace no more grace: but if it be of workes, it is no more grace: or els were worke no more worke.
7 What then? What Israel seeks after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen obtained, and the rest were hardened,
What then? Israel hath not obtained that he sought: but the election hath obteined it, and the rest haue bene 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,”
According as it is written, God hath giuen them the spirit of slumber: eyes that they should not see, and eares that they should not heare vnto 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 Dauid sayth, Let their table be made a snare, and a net, and a stumbling blocke, euen for a recompence vnto them.
10 let their eyes be darkened—not to behold, and You always bow down their back.”
Let their eyes be darkened that they see not, and bowe downe their backe alwayes.
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 demaund then, Haue they stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid: but through their fall, saluation commeth vnto the Gentiles, to prouoke them to follow them.
12 and if their fall [is] the riches of [the] world, and their diminishment the riches of nations, how much more their fullness?
Wherefore if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles, how much more shall their aboundance be?
13 For to you I speak—to the nations—inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
For in that I speake to you Gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of ye Gentiles, I magnifie mine office,
14 if I will arouse my own flesh to jealousy by any means, and will save some of them,
To trie if by any meanes I might prouoke them of my flesh to follow them, and might saue 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 be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiuing be, but life from the dead?
16 And if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
For if the first fruites be holy, so is the whole lumpe: and if the roote be holy, so are the branches.
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 though some of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wilde Oliue tree, wast graft in for them, and made partaker of the roote, and fatnesse of the Oliue tree.
18 do not boast against the branches; and if you boast, you do not bear the root, but the root you!
Boast not thy selfe against the branches: and if thou boast thy selfe, thou bearest not the roote, but the roote thee.
19 You will say, then, “The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in”; right!
Thou wilt say then, The branches are broken off, that I might be graft in.
20 By unbelief they were broken off, and you have stood by faith; do not be high-minded, but be fearing;
Well: through vnbeliefe they are broken off, and thou standest by faith: bee not hie minded, but feare.
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches—lest perhaps He also will not spare you.
For if God spared not the naturall branches, take heede, least he also spare not 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.
Beholde therefore the bountifulnesse, and seueritie of God: towarde them which haue fallen, seueritie: but toward thee, bountifulnesse, if thou continue in his bountifulnesse: or els thou shalt also 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 they also, if they abide not still in vnbeliefe, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graffe them in againe.
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 wast cut out of the Oliue tree, which was wilde by nature, and wast graffed contrary to nature in a right Oliue tree, how much more shall they that are by nature, bee graffed in their owne Oliue 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 would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this secret (least ye should bee arrogant in your selues) that partly obstinacie is come to Israel, vntill the fulnesse of the Gentiles 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 shalbe saued, as it is written, The deliuerer shall come out of Sion, and shall turne away the vngodlinesse from Iacob.
27 and this to them [is] the covenant from Me when I may take away their sins.”
And this is my couenant to them, When I shall take away their sinnes.
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 concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloued for the fathers sakes.
29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable;
For the giftes and calling of God are without repentance.
30 for as you also once did not believe in God, and now found kindness by the unbelief of these,
For euen as yee in times past haue not beleeued God, yet haue nowe obteined mercie through their vnbeliefe:
31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
Euen so nowe haue they not beleeued by the mercie shewed vnto you, that they also may obtaine mercie.
32 for God shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. (eleēsē g1653)
For God hath shut vp all in vnbeliefe, that he might haue mercie on all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
O the deepenesse of the riches, both of the wisdome, and knowledge of God! howe vnsearcheable are his iudgements, and his wayes past finding out!
34 For who knew the mind of the LORD? Or who became His counselor?
For who hath knowen the minde of the Lord? or who was his counsellour?
35 Or who first gave to Him, and it will be given back to him again?
Or who hath giuen vnto him first, and he shalbe recompensed?
