Romans 11
1 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
I say, then, Has God rejected his people? It can not be. For I am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or do not you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture says, in regard to Elijah? how he intercedes with God against Israel, saying:
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars, and I am left alone, and they seek: my life.
4 But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
But what says the answer of God to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Thus, then, at the present time also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
And if the election is by grace, it is no longer by works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.
7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks; but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened to this day,
8 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.”
as it is written: God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes with which they can not see, and ears with which they can not hear.
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
And David says: Let their table become a trap, and a net, and a snare, and a recompense to them;
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and let them bow down their back always.
11 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
I say, then, Have they stumbled, in order that they may fall? It can not be. But rather, through their fall, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to excite them to jealousy.
12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
Now, if their fall be the riches of the world, and their loss be the riches of the Gentiles, how much more shall their full acceptance be the riches of the world?
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
For I speak to you, Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I do honor to my ministry,
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
if, by any means, I may excite to jealousy those who are my flesh, and save some of them.
15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
For, if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the reception of them be, but life from the dead?
16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
Now, if the first fruit is holy, the mass is holy also: and if the root is holy, the branches are holy also.
17 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 root and of the richness of the olive tree,
And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, have been grafted in among them, and partake with them of the root and fatness of the olive,
18 do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
boast not against the branches; but if you boast, boast not that you bear the root, but that the root bears you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
You will say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
Well; on account of unbelief they were broken off; but you stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear.
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed, lest he spare not you.
22 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.
Behold, then, the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell; severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise, you also shall be cut off.
23 They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
And they, also, if they continue not in unbelief, shall 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 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?
For if you were cut out from an olive-tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted, against nature, into a good olive, how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive?
25 For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you will not be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery―lest you be wise in your own conceit―that blindness has happened to Israel in part, till the full number of the Gentiles shall have come in.
26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
And this is my covenant with them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
As it respects the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sakes; but as it respects their election, they are beloved for the fathers sakes:
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
for God’s gifts and calling are irrevocable.
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
For as you formerly did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy through their unbelief;
31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
so, also, these have not now believed, that through the mercy shown to you, they also may obtain mercy.
For God has delivered them all over to unbelief, that he may have mercy on them all. (eleēsē g1653)
33 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!
O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or, who has been his counsellor?
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
Or, who has first given to him, and received from him a recompense?
