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 off 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 off his people, whom He foreknew. Do ye not know what the scripture saith of Elias? how he complains to 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”;
saying, "Lord, they have slain 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 oracle of 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;
And so in the 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, it is no more of works: for then grace is no longer grace. But if of works, it is no more grace: for then work is no longer 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 sought: but the elect have 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 a spirit of slumber, that their eyes could not see and their ears could not hear, ) even 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 become a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, 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 always bow down their back.
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;
Say I then, Have they stumbled, that they should fall irrecoverably? God forbid! but this I say, that by their fall salvation is come 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 their fall be the riches of the world, and their diminution be the riches of the Gentiles, how much more will their fulness be?
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 indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles,
14 if I will arouse my own flesh to jealousy by any means, and will save some of them,
I extol my office, that if possible I may excite to emulation my brethren according to the flesh, 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 rejecting of them be the reconciling of the world, what will the receiving them again 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.
Now if the first-fruits be holy, so is the whole heap: 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—
But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou a wild-olive wert grafted in among them, and art made a partaker together with them of the root and fatness of the olive; boast not against the branches:
18 do not boast against the branches; and if you boast, you do not bear the root, but the root you!
and if thou boastest, remember 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!
Wilt thou say then, 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;
Well; they were broken off for their infidelity, and thou standest by faith: therefore 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, neither would He spare 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: towards them that fell, severity; but towards thee, goodness; if thou continue in his goodness: for else 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, if they do not continue 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 wert cut out of the wild olive, which was natural to thee, and contrary to nature were grafted into a good olive; how much more shall these who are the natural branches, 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 would not have you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery, (least ye should be wise in your own eyes) that blindness in part is befallen Israel, till 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, "The deliverer shall come out of Sion, and shall turn away impiety from Jacob:
27 and this to them [is] the covenant from Me when I may take away their sins.”
and this is my covenant with them, when I 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 to the gospel indeed they are enemies on your account, but as to the election they are beloved on account of the fathers.
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 were heretofore disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy in their disobedience:
31 so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;
so these also in your mercy have now been disobedient, that they themselves might be the 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 included them all in the charge of 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!
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways not to be traced 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 counsellor?
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 returned.
