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:
Then I ask, Did God cast off his people? No indeed. For I also am an Israelite, a son of Abraham, a member 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 cast off his people whom he foreknew. For do you not know what is said in the Scripture about Elijah? how he pleaded 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 have killed thy prophets, they have overthrown thine altars; And now I alone am left, 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 was the answer of God to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand 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;
In the same way also at this time there is a remnant chosen by gift 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 it is by grace, it is no longer of works; or else 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 then? that which Israel has been seeking for, that he has not obtained; but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been 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 has given them a spirit of slumber, Eyes that they should not see, 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;
As David says. Let their table be made a snare and a trap, And a stumbling-block and a recompense 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 thou down their backs forever.
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 so as to fall?" No indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come unto Gentiles, "to provoke Israel 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 stumbling enriches the world, and their loss enriches the Gentiles, how much more must their fulness do!
13 For to you I speak—to the nations—inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
For to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, 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 might "provoke to jealousy" my kinsmen, and save some 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 out is the reconciliation of the world to God, what will their restoration be but life out of death?
16 And if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
Now if the first-fruits of the dough Abraham and the Patriarchs are holy, so also is the whole mass their descendants. And if the root of a tree Abraham is holy, so also are the branches his descendants.
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—
Supposing that some of the branches have been broken off, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among the branches and have become a partaker with them of the fatness of the olive tree, do not glory over the branches;
18 do not boast against the branches; and if you boast, you do not bear the root, but the root you!
or if you are glorying, remember that it is not you who uphold the root, but the root which upholds you.
19 You will say, then, “The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in”; right!
"Branches have been broken off," you say, "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, through their unbelief they were broken off, and by your faith you stand. Do not be puffed up, 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, 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.
Fix your gaze, therefore, on the goodness and the severity of God; towards those who fell, severity, but towards you, God’s goodness, if you continue stedfast in his goodness; otherwise you, 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 they also those Jews, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in again; 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 out of that which is by nature a mere wild olive tree, and have been grafted, contrary to nature, into a fruitful olive tree, how much more shall these, the natural branches, be regrafted 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, my brothers, have you ignorant of this hidden truth, for fear that you become wise in your own conceits. that a hardening in part has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles is 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 deliver will come from Zion, He will banish all ungodliness from Jacob;
27 and this to them [is] the covenant from Me when I may take away their sins.”
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;
In relation to the gospel, the Jews are God’s enemies for your sake; but in relation to the election, they are dearly loved for their forefather’s sake.
29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable;
For no change of purpose can annul God’s free gift and call.
30 for as you also once did not believe in God, and now found kindness by the unbelief of these,
And as in times past you were yourselves disobedient to God, but now, thanks to their disobedience, have obtained mercy;
31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
even so they also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now 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 locked up all in the prison of disobedience, that upon all he may have mercy. (eleēsē g1653)
33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Oh, the depths of the riches, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unfathomable are his judgments, and how unsearchable his paths!
34 For who knew the mind of the LORD? Or who became His counselor?
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?
Who has first given to Him, So as to receive payment in return?
