RKJNT - Romans - 11

11:1  I say then, Has God cast away his people? By no means. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

11:2  God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah? how he appealed to God against Israel, saying,

11:3  Lord, they have killed your prophets, and pulled down your altars; and I alone am left, and they seek my life.

11:4  But what is the answer God gives to him? I have kept for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

11:5  Even so, at this present time, there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

11:6  And if by grace, then it is no longer by works: otherwise grace is no longer grace.

11:7  What then? Israel has not obtained that which it sought; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

11:8  As it is written, God has given them the spirit of stupor, eyes that should not see, and ears that should not hear; down to this day.

11:9  And David says, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a retribution to them:

11:10  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their backs forever.

11:11  I say then, Have they stumbled to fall beyond recovery? By no means: but rather through their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

11:12  Now if their fall means riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles; how much more will their fullness bring?

11:13  For I speak to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry:

11:14  That I might provoke to envy my own people, and might save some of them.

11:15  For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what shall their acceptance be, but life from the dead?

11:16  For if the piece of dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole lump is also holy: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

11:17  And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them, and with them partake in the rich root of the olive tree;

11:18  Do not boast over the branches. If you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

11:19  You will say, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

11:20  That is true; because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand only by faith. Do not be conceited, but fear:

11:21  For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you.

11:22  Therefore behold the kindness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, kindness, if you continue in his kindness: otherwise you shall also be cut off.

11:23  And they also, if they do not persist in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

11:24  For if you were cut off from an olive tree which is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted onto a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

11:25  Brethren, I would not have you be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that a hardening in part has happened to Israel, until the full number of Gentiles has come in.

11:26  And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, who shall banish ungodliness from Jacob:

11:27  For this is my covenant with them, when I shall take away their sins.

11:28  Concerning the gospel, they are enemies of God, for your sakes: but concerning election, they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.

11:29  For the gifts and calling of God are never revoked.

11:30  For as you in times past have not obeyed God, yet have now obtained mercy because of their disobedience:

11:31  Even so they have now become disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they may now also obtain mercy.

11:32  For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.

11:33  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!

11:34  For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been his counsellor?

11:35  Or who has first given to him, that he might be repaid?

11:36  For from him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.