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 off his people? By no means. For, even I 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 off his people whom formerly he acknowledged. Do you not know, what the scripture says to Elijah; when he complains 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 have digged down thy altars, and I am let 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 answer to God to him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have 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;
So, then, even at this present time, there is a remnant according to an election by favor.
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 favor, it is no more of works: otherwise favor is no more favor.
7 What then? What Israel seeks after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen obtained, and the rest were hardened,
What then? The thing Israel earnestly seeks, that he has not obtained. But the election has obtained it, and the rest are 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,”
As it is written, "God has given them a spirit of deep sleep; eyes not seeing, and ears not hearing, until this present 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 a trap, and a stumbling block, and 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, so as not to see; and let them bow down their back continually.
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 ask, then, have they stumbled, that they may fall? By no means. But, through their fall, salvation is given to the Gentiles, to excite them to emulation.
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 fullness?
13 For to you I speak—to the nations—inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
Now, I speak to you, Gentiles, (and inasmuch as I am the Apostle to the Gentiles, I do honor to 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 may excite to emulation my kindred, 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 be the reconciling of the world; what will 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.
Moreover, if the first fruit be holy, the mass 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—
Now, if some of the branches were broken off, and you who are a wild olive, are ingrafted among them, and are become a joint partaker of the root and fatness of the olive;
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 you boast, still, you bear not the root, but the root you.
19 You will say, then, “The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in”; right!
You will say, however, The branches were broken off, 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;
True: by unbelief they were broken off, and you by faith, stand. 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 you.
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! Toward them who fell, severity: but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness: otherwise, you also shall 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 even they, if they continued not in unbelief, shall 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 you were cut off from the olive, by nature wild, and were contrary to nature, grafted into the good olive; how much rather shall those who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive?
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, brethren, that you may not be, wise in your own conceits, I would not have you ignorant of this secret, that blindness, in part, has happened to Israel, till 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 shall be saved; as it is written, "The deliverer shall come out of Zion, 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 with 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;
With respect to the gospel, indeed, they are enemies, on your account: but with respect to the election, they are beloved on account of the fathers.
29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable;
For the free 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,
Besides, as you, in times past, have disobeyed God, yet now have obtained mercy through their disobedience;
31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
even so these, also, have no disobeyed, 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 has shut up together all for disobedience, 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!
Oh that depth of the riches and of the wisdom and of the 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 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 recompensed to him again?
