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, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. 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 hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to 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 have killed thy prophets, and digged 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 saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
5 So then also in the present time there has been a remnant according to the [divine] selection of grace;
Even so then at this present time also there is 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 by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
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 which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were 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 hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not 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 saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
10 let their eyes be darkened—not to behold, and You always bow down their back.”
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not 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 that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for 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 the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more 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 Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14 if I will arouse my own flesh to jealousy by any means, and will save some of them,
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might 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 be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them 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 firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root 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 if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and 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, thou bearest not 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 were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20 By unbelief they were broken off, and you have stood by faith; do not be high-minded, but be fearing;
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, 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, take heed lest 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.
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt 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 unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff 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 wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed 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 would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness 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 shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 and this to them [is] the covenant from Me when I may take away their sins.”
For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall 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;
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable;
For the gifts 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 as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 for God shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness. (eleēsē g1653)
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon 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 the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who knew the mind of the LORD? Or who became His counselor?
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller?
35 Or who first gave to Him, and it will be given back to him again?
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
