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Romans 11
God Has Not Rejected Israel
1 I say then, has God (C1)rejected His people? (C2)May it never be! For (C3)I too am an Israelite, a seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.2 (F1)(C1)GOD HAS NOT REJECTED HIS PEOPLE whom He (C2)foreknew. (C3)Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?3 "Lord, (C1)THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE."4 But what does the divine response say to him? "(C1)I HAVE LEFT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL."5 In this way then, at the present time, (C1)a remnant according to God's (F1)gracious choice has also come to be.6 But (C1)if it is by grace, it is no longer of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
7 What then? What (C1)Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but the chosen obtained it, and the rest were (C2)hardened;8 just as it is written,
"(F1)(C1)GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR,
EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT,
DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY."
"(C1)LET THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP,
AND A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION TO THEM.
10 "(C1)LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED TO SEE NOT,
AND BEND THEIR BACKS FOREVER."
Gentiles Grafted In
11 (C1)I say then, did they stumble so as to fall? (C2)May it never be! But by their transgression (C3)salvation has come to the Gentiles, to (C4)make them jealous.12 Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their (F1)(C1)fullness be!13 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as (C1)I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,14 if somehow I might (C1)move to jealousy (C2)my (F1)fellow countrymen and (C3)save some of them.15 For if their rejection is the (C1)reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but (C2)life from the dead?16 And if the (C1)first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.
17 But if some of the (C1)branches were broken off, and (C2)you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker with them of the (F1)rich root of the olive tree,18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast against them, remember that (C1)it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.19 (C1)You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."20 Quite right! They were broken off for their unbelief, but you (C1)stand by your faith. (C2)Do not be haughty, but fear,21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.22 Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's (C1)kindness, (C2)if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also (C3)will be cut off.23 And they also, (C1)if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
All Israel Will Be Saved
25 For (C1)I do not want you, brothers, to be uninformed of this (C2)mystery—so that you will not be (C3)wise in your own estimation—that a partial (C4)hardening has happened to Israel until the (C5)fullness of the Gentiles has come in;26 and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,
"(C1)THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION,
HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB."
27 "(C1)AND THIS IS (F1)MY COVENANT WITH THEM,
(C2)WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS."
33 Oh, the depth of (C1)the riches and (C2)wisdom and knowledge of God! (C3)How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!34 For (C1)WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR?35 Or (C1)WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM (F1)THAT IT MIGHT BE REPAID TO HIM?36 For (C1)from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. (C2)To Him be the glory (F1)forever. Amen.
