Romans 11

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¹ What I am saying is this: is it possible that God abandoned his people? Out of the question! I too aman Israelite, descended from Abraham, of 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 never abandoned his own people to whom, ages ago, he had given recognition. Do you notremember what scripture says about Elijah and how he made a complaint to 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 put your prophets to the sword, torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and now they want to kil me?	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 And what was the prophetic answer given? I have spared for myself seven thousand men that havenot bent the knee to 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 In the same way, then, in our own time, there is a remnant, set aside by grace.	⁵ So also at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
⁶ And since it is by grace, it cannot now be by good actions, or grace would not be grace at al !	⁶ But if by grace, it is no longer because of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
⁷ What fol ows? Israel failed to find what it was seeking; only those who were chosen found it and therest had their minds hardened;	⁷ What then? What Israel was seeking it did not attain, but the elect attained it; the rest were hardened,
⁸ just as it says in scripture: God has infused them with a spirit of lethargy; until today they have noteyes to see or ears to hear.	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 David too says: May their own table prove a trap for them, a pitfal and a snare; let that be theirretribution.	⁹ And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
¹⁰ May their eyes grow so dim they cannot see, and their backs be bent for ever.	¹⁰ let their eyes grow dim so that they may not see, and keep their backs bent forever."
¹¹ What I am saying is this: Was this stumbling to lead to their final downfall? Out of the question! Onthe contrary, their failure has brought salvation for the gentiles, in order to stir them to envy.	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 And if their fal has proved a great gain to the world, and their loss has proved a great gain to thegentiles -- how much greater a gain wil come when all is restored to them!	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 Let me say then to you gentiles that, as far as I am an apostle to the gentiles, I take pride in thiswork of service;	¹³ Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I glory in my ministry
¹⁴ and I want it to be the means of rousing to envy the people who are my own blood-relations and soof saving some of them.	¹⁴ in order to make my race jealous and thus save some of them.
¹⁵ Since their rejection meant the reconciliation of the world, do you know what their re-acceptance willmean? Nothing less than life from the dead!	¹⁵ For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
¹⁶ When the first-fruits are made holy, so is the whole batch; and if the root is holy, so are thebranches.	¹⁶ If the firstfruits are holy, so is the whole batch of dough; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
¹⁷ Now suppose that some branches were broken off, and you are wild olive, grafted among the rest toshare with the others the rich sap 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 then it is not for you to consider yourself superior to the other branches; and if you start feelingproud, think: it is not you that sustain the root, but the root that sustains 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 You wil say, 'Branches were broken off on purpose for me to be grafted in.' True;	¹⁹ Indeed you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."
²⁰ they through their unbelief were broken off, and you are established through your faith. So it is notpride that you should have, but fear:	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 if God did not spare the natural branches, he might not spare you either.	²¹ For if God did not spare the natural branches, (perhaps) he will not spare you either.
²² Remember God's severity as well as his goodness: his severity to those who fel , and his goodnessto you as long as you persevere in it; if not, you too 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 And they, if they do not persevere in their unbelief, wil be grafted in; for it is within the power of Godto graft them back 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 After al , if you, cut off from what was by nature a wild olive, could then be grafted unnaturally on to acultivated olive, how much easier wil it be for them, the branches that natural y belong there, to be grafted on tothe olive tree which is their own.	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 I want you to be quite certain, brothers, of this mystery, to save you from congratulating yourselveson your own good sense: part of Israel had its mind hardened, but only until the gentiles have whol y come in;	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 this is how all Israel will be saved. As scripture says: From Zion will come the Redeemer, he wilremove godlessness 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 wil be my covenant with them, when I take their sins away.	²⁷ and this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
²⁸ As regards the gospel, they are enemies, but for your sake; but as regards those who are God'schoice, they are stil wel loved for the sake of their ancestors.	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 There is no change of mind on God's part about the gifts he has made or of his choice.	²⁹ For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
³⁰ Just as you were in the past disobedient to God but now you have been shown mercy, through theirdisobedience;	³⁰ Just as you once disobeyed God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,
³¹ so in the same way they are disobedient now, so that through the mercy shown to you they too wilreceive mercy.	³¹ so they have now disobeyed in order that, by virtue of the mercy shown to you, they too may (now) receive mercy.
³² God has imprisoned al human beings in their own disobedience only to show mercy to them al .	³² For God delivered all to disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.
³³ How rich and deep are the wisdom and the knowledge of God! We cannot reach to the root of hisdecisions or 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 Who has ever known the mind of the Lord? Who has ever been his adviser?	³⁴ "For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been his counselor?"
³⁵ Who has given anything to him, so that his presents come only as a debt returned?	³⁵ "Or who has given him anything that he may be repaid?"
³⁶ Everything there is comes from him and is caused by him and exists for him. To him be glory forever! Amen.	³⁶ For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

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