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, Hath God rejected his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of 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 hath not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession 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 thine altars; and I only am left, 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 saith the oracle of God to him? “I have left to 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.
So then at this 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.
But if by grace, it is no more by works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if by works, it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
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 then is the result? Israel hath not obtained that which it seeketh; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were 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.”
as it is written, “God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto this present day.”
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
And David saith, “Let their table be for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompence unto them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
let their eyes be blinded, that they may not see, and bow down their back continually.”
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 so as to fall? God forbid: but by their stumbling salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke 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!
For if their stumbling is the riches of the world, and their diminution the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
For I address myself to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am indeed the apostle of the Gentiles, I exalt 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 might provoke to jealousy 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 rejection of them is the reconciliation of the world, what shall their recovery 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 fruits be holy, so is the mass: and if the root be holy, so 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,
But if some of the branches have been broken off, and thou though a wild olive hast been grafted in among them, and become a partaker of the root and 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.
boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
Wilt thou 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. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
Admitted; by unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high minded, but fear:
21 for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
for if God spared not the native branches, tremble lest he spare not thee.
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 therefore the kindness and severity of God: to those indeed who fell, severity; but unto thee, kindness, if thou continuest in that kindness: otherwise thou also shalt 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.
But 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 thou hast been cut out of the naturally wild olive, and contrary to nature hast been grafted into the good olive: how much more shall these, which are native branches, be grafted into 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 would not that you should be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is come on Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be 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, “The Deliverer shall go forth out of Sion, and shalt 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 concerning the gospel indeed, they are now enemies for your sakes: as concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
For unchangeable are the gifts and the calling of God.
30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
For as ye also in times past did not believe in 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 now have not believed in your mercy, that they also might obtain mercy.
For God hath shut up all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon 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 knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and how incomprehensible his ways!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been admitted his counsellor?
35 “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”
Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be repaid him again?
