Romans 11
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1 I say then, Hath God cast away his
people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of
the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God hath not cast away his people
which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he
maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
3 Lord, they have killed thy
prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek
my life.
4 But what saith the answer of God
unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed
the knee to the image of Baal.
5 Even so then at this present time
also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by
grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more
grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise
work is no more work.
7 What then? Israel hath not
obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and
the rest were blinded
8 (According 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 day.
9 And David saith, Let their table
be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto
them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that
they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
11 I say then, Have they stumbled
that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall
salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to
jealousy.
12 Now if the fall of them be
the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the
Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles,
inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to
emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
15 For if the casting away of them be
the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them
be, but life from the dead?
16 For if the firstfruit be
holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy,
so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be
broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them,
and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches.
But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches
were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they
were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural
branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and
severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness,
if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut
off.
23 And they also, if they abide not
still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in
again.
24 For if thou wert cut out of the
olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature
into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches,
be graffed into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren, that
ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own
conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness
of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved:
as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall
turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this is my covenant
unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they
are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are
beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are
without repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not
believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not
believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all
in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O
the depth of the riches both of
the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his
judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of
the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him,
and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and
to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
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