Romans 11

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A Remnant Chosen by Grace

¹I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

¹I say then, did God thrust away His people? Never may it be! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

²God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

²God did not thrust away His people, whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel:

³“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?^a

³“Lord, they killed Your prophets, they tore down Your altars, and I alone was left, and they seek my life”?

⁴And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”^a

⁴But what does the divine answer say to him? “I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow the knee to Baal.”

⁵In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

⁵So then also in the present time, there has been a remnant according to the election of grace,

⁶And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.^a

⁶and if by grace, no longer out of works; otherwise grace no longer is grace.

⁷What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

⁷What then? What Israel seeks after, this it did not obtain, but the elect obtained it. And the rest were hardened,

⁸as it is written:

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,

eyes that could not see,

and ears that could not hear,

to this very day.”^a

⁸as it has been written: God gave “them a spirit of stupor, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this very day.”

⁹And David says:

“May their table become a snare and a trap,

a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

⁹And David says: May their table “become for a snare and for a trap, and for a stumbling block and for a retribution to them.

¹⁰May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,

and their backs be bent forever.”^a

¹⁰May their eyes be darkened not to see, and their backs bent over through all time.”

The Ingrafting of the Gentiles

¹¹I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery?^a Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

¹¹I say then, did they stumble so that they might fall? Never may it be! But in their trespass is salvation to the Gentiles, so as to provoke them to jealousy.

¹²But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!

¹²But if their trespass is the riches of the world, and their failure is the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!

¹³I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

¹³Now I speak to you, the Gentiles. Therefore indeed inasmuch I am an apostle of the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

¹⁴in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

¹⁴if somehow I will provoke my own flesh to jealousy and will save some of them.

¹⁵For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

¹⁵For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will be the acceptance if not life out from the dead?

¹⁶If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁶Now if the firstfruit is holy, also is the lump; and if the root is holy, also are the branches.

¹⁷Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

¹⁷But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a fellow partaker of the fatness of the root of the olive tree,

¹⁸do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

¹⁸do not boast over the branches. But if you boast over them, you do not support the root, but the root you.

¹⁹You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

¹⁹You will say, then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”

²⁰That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

²⁰Rightly so: They were broken off by unbelief, but you have stood by faith. Do not be high-minded, but be afraid.

²¹For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare^a you either.

²¹For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps He will not spare you.

²²Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

²²Behold, therefore, the kindness and severity of God: severity indeed upon those having fallen, but kindness of God upon you, if you continue in the kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

²³And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

²³And even those, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

²⁴For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

²⁴For if you were cut off out of the naturally wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural, be grafted into their own olive tree!

All Israel Will Be Saved

²⁵I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

²⁵For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you may not be wise in yourselves: A hardening in part has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles may come in.

²⁶And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:

“The Deliverer will come from Zion;

He will remove godlessness from Jacob.

²⁶And thus all Israel will be saved, as it has been written: “The Delivering One will come out of Zion; He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

²⁷And this is My covenant with them

when I take away their sins.”^a

²⁷And this is the covenant from Me to them, when I may take away their sins.”

²⁸Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.

²⁸For regarding the gospel, they are enemies on account of you; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers.

²⁹For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.

²⁹For the gracious gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

³⁰Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,

³⁰For as you once disobeyed God, but now received mercy by the disobedience of these,

³¹so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.^a

³¹so these also now disobeyed so that through your mercy they also may now receive mercy.

³²For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.

³²For God closed up all in disobedience so that He may have mercy on all.

A Hymn of Praise

³³O, the depth of the riches

of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

How unsearchable are His judgments,

and untraceable His ways!

³³O, the depth of riches, both of wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

³⁴“Who has known the mind of the Lord?

Or who has been His counselor?”^a

³⁴“For who knew the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor?”

³⁵“Who has first given to God,

that God should repay him?”^a

³⁵Or “who first gave to Him, and it will be given back to him?”

³⁶For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.

To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

³⁶For from Him and through Him and unto Him are all things. To Him be the glory to the ages! Amen.