Romans 11
1 I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am 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 ye not known — in Elijah — what the Writing saith? how he doth plead 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, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, 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 saith the divine answer to him? 'I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a knee to Baal.'
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 a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;
So, then, even at this present time, there is a remnant according to an election by favor.
6 and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.
And if by favor, it is no more of works: otherwise favor is no more favor.
7 What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, 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 hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' — unto 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 saith, 'Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense 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 their back do Thou always bow down.'
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 the fall of them [is] the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, how much more the fulness of them?
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, my ministration I do glorify;
Now, I speak to you, Gentiles, (and inasmuch as I am the Apostle to the Gentiles, I do honor to my ministry, )
14 if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall 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 thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become —
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 thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!
boast not against the branches: but if you boast, still, you bear not the root, but the root you.
19 Thou wilt say, then, 'The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed 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 thou hast stood by faith; be not 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 the natural branches did not spare — lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.
For, if God spared not the natural branches; perhaps, neither will he spare you.
22 Lo, then, goodness and severity of God — upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt 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, shall be graffed in, for God is able again to graff them in;
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 thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who [are] according to nature, be graffed 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, brethren, of this secret — that ye may not be wise in your own conceits — that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness 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 shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall 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 choice — 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 unrepented of [are] the gifts and the calling of God;
For the free gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find 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 did 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 did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor?
For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been his counsellor?
35 or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?
or who has first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?
