Romans 11

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 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.
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 driven away his people, whom he foreknew. And do you not know what Scripture says in Elijah, how he calls upon 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 slain your Prophets. They have overturned your altars. And I alone remain, 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 the Divine response to him? “I have retained for myself seven thousand men, who have not bent their knees before Baal.”
5 In the same way, then, in our own time, there is a remnant, set aside by grace.	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.
6 And since it is by grace, it cannot now be by good actions, or grace would not be grace at al !	6 And if it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free.
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 is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,
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 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.”
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 like a snare, and a deception, and a scandal, 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 be obscured, so that they may not see, and so that they may bow down their backs always.”
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 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.
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 offense is the riches of the world, and if their diminution is the riches of the Gentiles, how much more is their fullness?
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 For I say to you Gentiles: Certainly, as long as I am an Apostle to the Gentiles, I will honor 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 such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may 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 loss is for the reconciliation of the world, what could their return be for, except life out of death?
16 When the first-fruits are made holy, so is the whole batch; and if the root is holy, so are thebranches.	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.
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 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,
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 glorify yourself above the branches. For though you glory, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You wil say, 'Branches were broken off on purpose for me to be grafted in.' True;	19 Therefore, you would say: The branches were broken off, so that I might be grafted on.
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 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.
21 if God did not spare the natural branches, he might not spare you either.	21 For if God has not spared the natural branches, perhaps also he might not spare you.
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 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.
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 Moreover, if they do not remain in unbelief, they will be grafted on. For God is able to graft them on 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 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?
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 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.
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 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.
27 And this wil be my covenant with them, when I take their sins away.	27 And this will be my covenant for them, when I will 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 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.
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 without regret.
30 Just as you were in the past disobedient to God but now you have been shown mercy, through theirdisobedience;	30 And just as you also, in times past, did not believe in God, but now you have obtained mercy because of their unbelief,
31 so in the same way they are disobedient now, so that through the mercy shown to you they too wilreceive mercy.	31 so also have these now not believed, for your mercy, so that they might obtain mercy also.
32 God has imprisoned al human beings in their own disobedience only to show mercy to them al .	32 For God has enclosed everyone in unbelief, so that he may have mercy on everyone.
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 depths of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable are 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 first gave to him, so that repayment would be owed?
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 in him are all things. To him is glory, for all eternity. Amen.