[Romans 11]

 

             ^11:1 Therefore, I say, God did not shove away his people, did he? Let it not happen! For^* I am also an Israelite, from the seed of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. {Psa 94:14} ^11:2 God did not shove away his people which he knew beforehand. Or do you^° not know what the Scripture says in regard to Elijah? How he petitions God against Israel, saying, ^11:3 ‘Lord, they killed your prophets and made ruins of your altars, and I was left alone and they are seeking my life.’ {1Ki. 19:10,14} ^11:4 But what does the divine-answer say to him? ‘I left behind for myself seven thousand men, who did not bow the knee to Baal.’ {1Ki. 19:18} ^11:5 Therefore, so a remnant has also become according-to the chosen of grace in the current time. ^11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer from works, otherwise the grace becomes grace no more. But if it is from works, no more is it grace; otherwise work is work no more. ^11:7 Therefore, what? What Israel is seeking after, it did not obtain this, but the chosen obtained it and the rest were hardened, ^11:8 just-as it has been written, ‘God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes not able to see and ears not able to hear, until this very day.’ {Isa 29:10, 6:9} ^11:9 And David says, ‘Let their table become ^*for a snare and ^*for a trap and ^*for an offense and ^*for a repayment to them. ^11:10 Let^° their eyes be darkened not to see and bend their back always.’{Psa 69:22-23}

 

             ^11:11 Therefore, I say, They did not trip in-order-that they might fall, did they? Let it not happen! But salvation has come to the Gentiles in their trespass, ^*that^* they might provoke them to jealousy. ^11:12 Now if their trespass is the riches of the world and their failure is the riches of the Gentiles; how-much more is their fullness? ^11:13 For^* I speak to you^°, the Gentiles, inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my service, ^11:14 if somehow I provoke to jealousy the ones who are my flesh and might save some out-of them. ^11:15 For^* if the casting away of them is the reconciliation of the world, what is the receiving of them, except life from the dead?

             ^11:16 Now if the first-fruit is holy, also is the batch and if the root is holy, also are the branches. ^11:17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive-tree, were grafted in among them and became a fellow partner of the root and of the plumpness of the olive-tree, ^11:18 do not boast against the branches. But if you are boasting against them, you are not bearing the root, but the root bears you. ^11:19 Therefore, you will say, Branches were broken off in-order-that I might be grafted in. ^11:20 Well; they were broken off in their unbelief but you are standing in the faith. Do not be high-minded, but fear; ^11:21 for^* if God did not spare what is according-to nature {i.e., natural} branches; lest neither, he will spare you. ^11:22 Therefore, behold the kindness and severity of God, indeed severity upon the ones who fell, but kindness upon you, if you should remain in the kindness of God; otherwise you also will be cut off. ^11:23 But also those will be grafted in, if they should not remain in their unbelief, for^* God is able to graft them in again. ^11:24 For^* if you were cut off from what is a wild olive-tree according-to nature and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive-tree, how-much more these, the ones according-to nature will be grafted into their own olive-tree?

 

             ^11:25 For^* brethren, I do not wish you^° to be ignorant of this mystery (in order that you^° may not be too prudent with your own opinions), that a hardening has partially happened to Israel, till the fullness of the Gentiles should enter.

             ^11:26 And thus all Israel will be saved, just-as it has been written, ‘He who rescues will come out-of Zion, and he will turn ungodlinesses from Jacob. ^11:27 And this is my covenant^* with them, whenever I take away their sins.’ {Isa 59:20-21, 27:9} ^11:28 According-to the good-news they are indeed enemies because of you^°, but according-to the choice, they are beloved because of the fathers. ^11:29 For^* the gifts^* and the calling {Or: invitation; and in all other instances in the MLV} of God are unregretted. ^11:30 For^* just-like you^° were also previously disobedient to God, but now you^° were shown-mercy by their disobedience of these, ^11:31 so now these also were disobedient by your^° mercy, in-order-that they themselves might also be shown-mercy. ^11:32 For^* God locked up all together in disobedience in-order-that he might show-mercy upon all.

 

             ^11:33 O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and untraceable his ways! ^11:34 For^* who knew the mind of the Lord? Or who became his counselor? {Isa 40:13} ^11:35 Or who gave-first to him and it will be repaid to him again? ^11:36 It is because all things are from him and through him and to him. The glory is for him, forever. Amen.