Romans 11
1 I ask then, has God rejected his people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant 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 has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against 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 have killed yoʋr prophets and demolished yoʋr altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking 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 response say to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed down to Baal.”
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, in the present time also there is a remnant chosen by grace.
And so in the present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 Now if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace. But if it is by works, it is no longer grace, otherwise work would no longer be 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? Israel did not obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but 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 as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, down 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 a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution 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 so that they cannot see, and keep their backs forever bent.”
Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and always bow down their back.
11 I ask then, did the Israelites stumble so as to fall? Certainly not! Rather, by their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke Israel 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 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will it mean when their full number is included?
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 Now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry
For I speak to you Gentiles: inasmuch indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles,
14 if somehow I provoke my own people to jealousy and 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 their rejection means reconciliation for the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from 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 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Now if the first-fruits be holy, so is the whole heap: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and yoʋ, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in among them and have become a fellow partaker of the root and richness 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. But if yoʋ do boast against them, remember that yoʋ do not sustain the root, but the root sustains yoʋ.
and if thou boastest, remember thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Yoʋ will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
Wilt thou say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in?
20 Right! They were broken off because of unbelief, but yoʋ stand because of faith. So do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
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, perhaps he will not spare yoʋ either.
For if God spared not the natural branches, neither would He spare thee.
22 Consider therefore the kindness and severity of God: to those who have fallen, severity; but to yoʋ, kindness, if yoʋ continue in his kindness; otherwise yoʋ too 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 if they do not continue in unbelief, they 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 yoʋ were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will the natural branches be grafted back 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 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of this mystery, lest you be wise in your own estimation: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the full number of Gentiles has 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 in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion and will remove ungodliness 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 will be my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”
and this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins."
28 With respect to the gospel, the Israelites are enemies for your sake; but with respect to being chosen, they are beloved for the sake 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 calling of God are irrevocable.
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 Just as you were once disobedient to God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,
For as ye were heretofore disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy in their disobedience:
31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they also may receive mercy.
so these also in your mercy have now been disobedient, that they themselves might be the objects of mercy.
For God hath included them all in the charge of disobedience, that He might have mercy upon all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 Oh the depth of the riches, wisdom, and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are 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 has known the mind of the Lord, or who has become his counselor?”
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counsellor?
35 “Or who has first given to God, that he should be repaid?”
Or who hath first given to Him? and it shall be returned.
