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The Remnant of Israel

¹ I ask, then, ^(a)has God rejected his people? By no means! For ^(b)I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,^[a] a member of the tribe of Benjamin. ^2 (c)God has not rejected his people whom he ^(d)foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? ^3 (e)"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life." ⁴ But what is God's reply to him? ^(f)"I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." ⁵ So too at the present time there is ^(g)a remnant, chosen by grace. ^6 (h)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

⁷ What then? ⁽ⁱ⁾Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest ^(j)were hardened, ⁸ as it is written,

⁹ And David says,

Gentiles Grafted In

¹¹ So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass ⁽ⁿ⁾salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. ¹² Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion^[b] mean!

¹³ Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as ^(o)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry ¹⁴ in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and ^(p)thus save some of them. ¹⁵ For if their rejection means ^(q)the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? ^16 (r)If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷ But if ^(s)some of the branches were broken off, and you, ^(t)although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root^[c] of the olive tree, ¹⁸ do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. ¹⁹ Then you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." ²⁰ That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you ^(u)stand fast through faith. So ^(v)do not become proud, but ^(w)fear. ²¹ For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. ²² Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, ^(x)provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise ^(y)you too will be cut off. ²³ And ^(z)even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. ²⁴ For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.

The Mystery of Israel's Salvation

^25 (aa)Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers:^{[d] (ab)}a partial hardening has come upon Israel, ^(ac)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. ²⁶ And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,

²⁸ As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are ^(ah)beloved for the sake of their forefathers. ²⁹ For the gifts and ^(ai)the calling of God are irrevocable. ³⁰ For just as ^(aj)you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, ³¹ so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now^[e] receive mercy. ³² For God ^(ak)has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.

³³ Oh, the depth of the riches and ^(al)wisdom and knowledge of God! ^(am)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

³⁶ For ^(aq)from him and through him and to him are all things. ^(ar)To him be glory forever. Amen.