Romans 11

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1 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.	1 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Of course not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 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?	2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
3 “Lord, they have slain your Prophets. They have overturned your altars. And I alone remain, and they are seeking my life.”	3 "Lord, 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 is the Divine response to him? “I have retained for myself seven thousand men, who have not bent their knees before Baal.”	4 But what is God's response to him? "I have left for myself seven thousand men who have not knelt to Baal."
5 Therefore, in the same way, again in this time, there is a remnant that has been saved in accord with the choice of grace.	5 So also at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
6 And if it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free.	6 But if by grace, it is no longer because of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7 What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,	7 What then? What Israel was seeking it did not attain, but the elect attained it; the rest were hardened,
8 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.”	8 as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, down to this very day."
9 And David says: “Let their table become like a snare, and a deception, and a scandal, and a retribution for them.	9 And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
10 Let their eyes be obscured, so that they may not see, and so that they may bow down their backs always.”	10 let their eyes grow dim so that they may not see, and keep their backs bent forever."
11 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.	11 Hence I ask, did they stumble so as to fall? Of course not! But through their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make them jealous.
12 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?	12 Now if their transgression is enrichment for the world, and if their diminished number is enrichment for the Gentiles, how much more their full number.
13 For I say to you Gentiles: Certainly, as long as I am an Apostle to the Gentiles, I will honor my ministry,	13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I glory in my ministry
14 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.	14 in order to make my race jealous and thus save some of them.
15 For if their loss is for the reconciliation of the world, what could their return be for, except life out of death?	15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
16 For if the first-fruit has been sanctified, so also has the whole. And if the root is holy, so also are the branches.	16 If the firstfruits are holy, so is the whole batch of dough; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 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,	17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place and have come to share in the rich root of the olive tree,
18 do not glorify yourself above the branches. For though you glory, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.	18 do not boast against the branches. If you do boast, consider that you do not support the root; the root supports you.
19 Therefore, you would say: The branches were broken off, so that I might be grafted on.	19 Indeed you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."
20 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.	20 That is so. They were broken off because of unbelief, but you are there because of faith. So do not become haughty, but stand in awe.
21 For if God has not spared the natural branches, perhaps also he might not spare you.	21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, (perhaps) he will not spare you either.
22 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.	22 See, then, the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but God's kindness to you, provided you remain in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off.
23 Moreover, if they do not remain in unbelief, they will be grafted on. For God is able to graft them on again.	23 And they also, if they do not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 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?	24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated one, how much more will they who belong to it by nature be grafted back into their own olive tree.
25 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.	25 I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not become wise (in) your own estimation: a hardening has come upon Israel in part, until the full number of the Gentiles comes in,
26 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.	26 and thus all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come out of Zion, he will turn away godlessness from Jacob;
27 And this will be my covenant for them, when I will take away their sins.”	27 and this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
28 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.	28 In respect to the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but in respect to election, they are beloved because of the patriarchs.
29 For the gifts and the call of God are without regret.	29 For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
30 And just as you also, in times past, did not believe in God, but now you have obtained mercy because of their unbelief,	30 Just as you once disobeyed God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,
31 so also have these now not believed, for your mercy, so that they might obtain mercy also.	31 so they have now disobeyed in order that, by virtue of the mercy shown to you, they too may (now) receive mercy.
32 For God has enclosed everyone in unbelief, so that he may have mercy on everyone.	32 For God delivered all to disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 Oh, the depths of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable are his ways!	33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways!
34 For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?	34 "For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been his counselor?"
35 Or who first gave to him, so that repayment would be owed?	35 "Or who has given him anything that he may be repaid?"
36 For from him, and through him, and in him are all things. To him is glory, for all eternity. Amen.	36 For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.