Romans 11
1 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.
I ask then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 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,
God did not reject his people, which he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have overthrown thine altars; And now I alone am left, and they seek my life.
"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."
4 But what was the answer of God to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
But how does God answer him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
5 In the same way also at this time there is a remnant chosen by gift of grace.
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer of works; or else grace is no more grace.
And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.
7 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.
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
8 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.
According as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.
9 As David says. Let their table be made a snare and a trap, And a stumbling-block and a recompense unto them;
David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their backs forever.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see, and their backs be bent continually."
11 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."
I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? Absolutely not. But by their fall salvation has come to the non-Jews, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if their stumbling enriches the world, and their loss enriches the Gentiles, how much more must their fulness do!
Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the non-Jews; how much more their fullness?
13 For to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
For I speak to you who are the non-Jews. Since then as I am an apostle to the non-Jews, I glorify my ministry;
14 if by any means I might "provoke to jealousy" my kinsmen, and save some among them.
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 For if their casting out is the reconciliation of the world to God, what will their restoration be but life out of death?
For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
16 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.
If the first part is holy, so is the whole batch. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 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;
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree;
18 or if you are glorying, remember that it is not you who uphold the root, but the root which upholds you.
do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
19 "Branches have been broken off," you say, "that I might be grafted in."
You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."
20 True, through their unbelief they were broken off, and by your faith you stand. Do not be puffed up, but fear;
True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
21 for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
22 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.
See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
23 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.
They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 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?
For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 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.
For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the non-Jews has come in,
26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written. The deliver will come from Zion, He will banish all ungodliness from Jacob;
and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer; he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 This is my covenant with them, When I shall take away their sins.
This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."
28 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.
Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are loved for the fathers' sake.
29 For no change of purpose can annul God’s free gift and call.
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
30 And as in times past you were yourselves disobedient to God, but now, thanks to their disobedience, have obtained mercy;
For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
31 even so they also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.
even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may now also obtain mercy.
32 For God has locked up all in the prison of disobedience, that upon all he may have mercy. (eleēsē g1653)
For God has bound everyone over to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 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!
Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out.
34 Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counsellor?
For "Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
35 Who has first given to Him, So as to receive payment in return?
"Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"
