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.
Therefore, I say: Has God driven away his people? Let it not be so! For I, too, am an Israelite of the offspring of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
God has not driven away his people, whom he foreknew. And do you not know what Scripture says in Elijah, how he calls upon God against Israel?
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 slain your Prophets. They have overturned your altars. And I alone remain, and they are seeking 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 is the Divine response to him? “I have retained for myself seven thousand men, who have not bent their knees before Baal.”
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Therefore, in the same way, again in this time, there is a remnant that has been saved in accord with the choice 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 it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free.
7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,
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.”
just as it was written: “God has given them a spirit of reluctance: eyes that do not perceive, and ears that do not hear, even until this very day.”
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 like a snare, and a deception, and a scandal, and a retribution for them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
Let their eyes be obscured, so that they may not see, and so that they may bow down their backs 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.
Therefore, I say: Have they stumbled in such a way that they should fall? Let it not be so! Instead, by their offense, salvation is with the Gentiles, so that they may be a rival to them.
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 offense is the riches of the world, and if their diminution is the riches of the Gentiles, how much more is their fullness?
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
For I say to you Gentiles: Certainly, as long as I am an Apostle to the Gentiles, I will honor my ministry,
14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
in such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may 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 their loss is for the reconciliation of the world, what could their return be for, except life out of death?
16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
For if the first-fruit has been sanctified, so also has the whole. And if the root is holy, so also are the branches.
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 are broken, and if you, being a wild olive branch, are grafted on to them, and you become a partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,
18 don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
do not glorify yourself above the branches. For though you glory, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
Therefore, you would say: The branches were broken off, so that I might be grafted on.
20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
Well enough. They were broken off because of unbelief. But you stand on faith. So do not choose to savor what is exalted, but instead be afraid.
21 for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
For if God has not spared the natural branches, perhaps also he might not spare 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.
So then, notice the goodness and the severity of God. Certainly, toward those who have fallen, there is severity; but toward you, there is the goodness of God, if you remain in goodness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
23 They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Moreover, if they do not remain in unbelief, they will be grafted on. For God is able to graft them on 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?
So if you have been cut off from the wild olive tree, which is natural to you, and, contrary to nature, you are grafted on to the good olive tree, how much more shall those who are the natural branches be grafted on to their own olive tree?
25 For I don’t 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 Gentiles has come in,
For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.
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 in this way, all of Israel may be saved, just as it was written: “From Zion shall arrive he who delivers, and he shall turn impiety away from Jacob.
27 This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.”
And this will be my covenant for them, when I will 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.
Certainly, according to the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But according to the election, they are most beloved for the sake of the fathers.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
For the gifts and the call of God are without regret.
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
And just as you also, in times past, did not believe in God, but now you have obtained mercy because of 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 have these now not believed, for your mercy, so that they might obtain mercy also.
For God has enclosed everyone in unbelief, so that he may have mercy on everyone. (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!
Oh, the depths of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable are his ways!
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 counselor?
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
Or who first gave to him, so that repayment would be owed?
